Photos of herps 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.

Crested anole shedding Masked frog (Smilisca phaeota) croaking in a pool Glass Frog, Costa Rica Frog Sea turtle hatchlings Red-Eyed Tree Frog Red frog Baby caiman Gladiator Frog (Hyla rosenbergi) Lizard seen from the underside of a leaf Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi) Green Poison Arrow Frog (Dendrobates auratus) with a tadpole on its back Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa Baby caiman Red and green arrow poison frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) Sea turtle hatchlings Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) [Caribbean variant] The Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) is found on the Atlantic slope of Costa Rica Gecko Salmon-bellied Snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) Brown leaf litter snake Baby sea turtle on a Costa Rican beach Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with its mouth open Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea Mottled forest frog Red-Eyed Tree Frog Green Poison Dart Frog, Costa Rica [Pacific variant, has more black than the Caribbean variant] Anole on a red plant stem Red-Eyed Tree Frog in Costa Rica 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 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16