Photos: Best of Costa Rica 2009 [page 1]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Costa Rica. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Moth on the underside of a leaf caught by the sun Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) The Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) is found on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica Baby caiman Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) Spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus) Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) bird Green Poison Arrow Frog (Dendrobates auratus) with a tadpole on its back Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male: blue in color] Boatbill Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) Baby kinkajou Ginger plant Group of White-nosed Coati Red passion vine flower Rainforest leaves Canopy walkway Leaf-cutter ants Pair of Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) following a column of army ants Red hibiscus Sunset over the Pacific as seen through the Osa peninsula rainforest Bat Canopy of the Osa Peninsula rainforest Salmon-bellied Snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) Sunset in the Costa Rican rainforest of the Osa Peninsula Sunset in the Costa Rican rainforest of the Osa Peninsula Long-legged spider White-faced capuchin Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi) Sunset at an Osa Peninsula beach Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf Multicolored leafhopper insect Corteza Amarilla (Tabebuia ochracea) Giant bamboo Magenta ginger flowers Hanging birdges canopy walkway Aerial view of 't-shaped' land formation on Costa Rica's Pacific coastline Osa peninsula forest Blue, yellow, and orange insect Croaking frog Alien insects next to their red eggs Strange insect with red and yellow wings Crested anole shedding Soldier army ants Stick insect Gecko Gladiator Frog (Hyla rosenbergi) Oil palm plantation and forest in Costa Rica Black-headed trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4