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Costa Rica photos: animals


[last updated 27-Nov-2015] Below is a collection of photos taken in Costa Rica. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler  Google+, copyright Mongabay.com 1999-2015. 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.

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Spiny-tailed iguana [costa_rica_5822]



Lemur tree frog (Hylomantis lemur) [costa_rica_siquirres_0351]



Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1314]



Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0125]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0582]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0761]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1545]



Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) [cr_3929]



Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_osa_0360]



White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5127]



Female Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) [costa_rica_osa_0879]



Snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0294]



Leaf-cutter ants [costa_rica_osa_0132]



Blue butterfly



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0631]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0757]



Cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1879]



Assassin bug [costa_rica_la_selva_1484]



Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0870]



Pearly Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)



Group of Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0659]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0529]



Baby hummingbirds in a nest [costa_rica_osa_0597]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1034]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0716]



Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0835]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_0870]



Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0387]



Beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_1302]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0535]



Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata) [costa_rica_la_selva_0211]



Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) [costa_rica_5868]



Mottled forest frog [costa_rica_4671]



Katydid [costa_rica_osa_1008]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1541]



Skink [costa_rica_5227]



Transparent moth [cr_3676]



Golfo Dulce Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_osa_0581]



Green moth with a black body [costa_rica_4710]



Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_0286]



Beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_1304]



Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0075]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0691]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1032]



Juvenile green iguana [costa_rica_osa_1005]



Poison arrow frog (Allobates talamancae) [costa_rica_siquirres_0725]



Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5996]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0777]



American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6055]



Lovely poison dart frog



Geoffroy's Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0600]



Black and yellow longhorn beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_0603]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1551]



Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree [costa_rica_5316]



Godart's Cycadian butterfly (Eumaeus godartii) [costa_rica_4600]



Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4196]



Lined snake



Boa constrictor hidden among leaves on the forest floor [costa_rica_osa_0276]



Katydid [costa_rica_la_selva_0823]



Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1586]



Snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0258]



Golfo Dulce Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_osa_0574]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_0944]



Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0367]



Frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0507]



Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5629]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0920]



Butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1485]



Spiny-tailed iguana [costa_rica_5734]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1078]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0767]



Golfo Dulce Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_osa_0593]



Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0128]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0919]



Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0458]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0771]



Turquoise, blue, and yellow weevil [costa_rica_osa_0109]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0639]



Transparent butterfly in Costa Rica (Greta oto)



Gliding tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) [costa_rica_osa_0700]



Green Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0298]



Anole eating an insect [costa_rica_osa_0177]



Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0377]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1075]



Baby spider monkey [costa_rica_osa_0624]



Cicada skin [costa_rica_la_selva_0660]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0948]



Three-toed sloth [costa_rica_la_selva_0647]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0374]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0626]



Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0829]



Boa constrictor hidden among leaves on the forest floor [costa_rica_osa_0284]



Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0129]



Slender Anole (Norops limifrons) [costa_rica_la_selva_1278]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0159]



Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3970]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1128]



Cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1843]



Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1320]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0392]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0577]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0337]



Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower [cr_3690]



Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0121]



Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen [costa_rica_4746]



Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi) [costa_rica_la_selva_0234]



Red frog [costa_rica_4655]



White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5145]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0974]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0963]



Group of Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0638]



Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1502]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0568]



Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0838]



Praying mantis [costa_rica_osa_0753]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0372]



Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5978]



Butterfly feeding on bird droppings



Young green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0628]



Group of spider monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0663]


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