Photos of wildlife 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.

Nephila orb spider Pair of Rufous Motmot following a column of army ants in order to catch insects stirred up by the activity Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) Transparent moth Red-eyed katydid Female Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) being examined by a researcher Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) Sea turtle hatchlings Siproeta stelenes (Malachite, Pearly Malachite) Yellow, black, and white butterfly Removing a bird from a net during a species survey Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) Pionus Parrot Sea turtle hatchlings Ctenosaura similis, Costa Rica Rescued baby sea turtles Queen (Danaus gilippus) butterfly feeding on a flower Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree Common Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) Orange-headed lizard (Gonatodes albogularis) Gladiator tree frog (Hyla rosenbergi) Red orb spider feeding Sea turtle hatchlings Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) Colorful skink Sea turtle hatchlings Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle Beige katydid feeding Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea) 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 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55