Photos of arenal in Costa Rica (Central America) [updated 2009-03-26]

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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.

Giant bamboo Leaf-cutter ants Red bracht Snookum bear (Nasua narica) Arenal volcano, capped by clouds Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) Cattle pasture and secondary forest near Arenal volcano Green and magenta rainforest shrub bird Boatbill Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) Reddish-orange flowers Rainforest canopy vegetation Rainforest palm leaves Leaf transforming into a bird-of-paradise bracht Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata) Caiman Looking up at the rainforest canopy Cicada about to emerge from its shell Leaf turning into a bird of paradise bracht Pregnant spider monkey American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) Bird Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) Bromeliad Bird Bamboo thicket Firefly, Lighting Beetle, family Lampyridae Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male: blue in color] Costa Rican rainforest canopy Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13