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.

Red lored parrots in flight Green, turquoise, orange, and sky-blue leafhopper insect Yellow leaf-shaped katydid Pair of sleeping dragonflies Mottled forest frog Walking stick insect Sea turtle hatchlings Red land crab Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) paying with its toes Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with its see-through eyelid partially open Bright green insect with polkadots Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being assessed by researchers Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) Masked frog (Smilisca phaeota) that has inhaled air in order to float Blue Narrow-winged damselfly, family Coenagrionidae Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) Beige katydid Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae White-faced capuchin Frog on a leaf Iguana Negra, Costa Rica Isabella's Tiger Heliconian (Eueides isabella) Strange moth Red-Eyed Tree Frog in a banana leaf Mass of caterpillars Multicolored spider Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) White-faced Capuchin 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