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.

Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) Red-Eyed Tree Frog headshot Small gray grebe or duck Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) White-faced Capuchin Scarlet macaws nesting in a tree hollow Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf Sea turtle hatchlings Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) Black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots Honey bear or kinkajou (Potos flavus) in the process of being rehabilitated Salmon-bellied Racer (Mastigodryas melanolomus) Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) Moth White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa Leaf-cutter ants Large spider in Costa Rica Orb spider Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae Black butterfly with a white fringe, an orange patch, and turquoise spots 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