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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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Tree frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0436]



Juvenile green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0616]



Frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0502]



Small cicada-like insect from the Fulgoridae family [costa_rica_5487]



Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1397]



Hummingbird feeding its chick [costa_rica_la_selva_0686]



Juvenile green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0629]



Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0313]



Assassin bug [costa_rica_la_selva_1477]



White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5181]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0052]



Male green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0338]



Brownish-green anole [costa_rica_4568]



Squirrel [costa_rica_la_selva_0044]



Taking blood samples from a bird during a parasite assessment



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5052]



Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5267a]



Lizard [costa_rica_la_selva_0612]



Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) [costa_rica_la_selva_1593]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0955]



Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0835]



Anole lizard seen through a sun-lit leaf



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0387]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0063]



Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0536]



Squirrel monkey [costa_rica_osa_0711]



Snake [costa_rica_la_selva_1657]



Red Granular Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga granulifera)



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1801]



Cicada [costa_rica_la_selva_1832]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0325]



White-faced capuchin [cr_4330]



Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0223]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1161]



Craugastor bransfordii frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1367]



Snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0293]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0766]



Green moth with a black body [costa_rica_4708]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0461]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0470]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0943]



Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0556]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0999]



Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4247]



Lizard [costa_rica_osa_0113]



Group of Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0667]



Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_1727]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0729]



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5033]



Bird [costa_rica_osa_0675]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0057]



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0022]



Great Curassow [male]



Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4270]



Gliding Leaf Frog (Agalychnis spurrelli)



Spiny-headed tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0186]



Granular arrow poison frog (Dendrobates granuliferus)



Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0987]



Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1371]



Turtle [costa_rica_la_selva_0346]



Group of spider monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0669]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0456]



Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with its see-through eye lid partially open [costa_rica_5851]



Beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_1715]



Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0882]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0538]



Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4935]



Planthopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0290]



Frog [costa_rica_osa_0893]



Cricket [costa_rica_siquirres_0959]



Chocolate Mint poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1640]



Shedding basilisk



Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1212]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1005]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0062]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1093]



Arboreal Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [cr_4321]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1528]



Unknown moth [costa_rica_4430]



Pair of sleeping dragonflies [costa_rica_5584]



American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) [costa_rica_6047]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0364]



Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0420]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0625]



Craugastor crassidigitus frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0788]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0147]



Baby spider monkey [costa_rica_osa_0618]



Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0499]



Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_osa_0366]



Gliding Treefrog (Agalychnis spurrelli) [costa_rica_siquirres_1004]



Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0262]



Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0114]



Turquoise, blue, and yellow weevil [costa_rica_osa_0108]



Beetle [costa_rica_la_selva_0715]



Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree [costa_rica_5321]



Weevil [costa_rica_siquirres_0822]



Leaf-cutter ants [costa_rica_osa_0489]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0067]



Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0827]



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5102]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0921]



Leafhopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0530]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0785]



Baby spider monkey [costa_rica_osa_0623]



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0015]



Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1389]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0912]



Squirrel [costa_rica_la_selva_0042]



Anole [costa_rica_osa_0256]



Young green iguana [costa_rica_la_selva_0697]



Leafhopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0528]



Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0255]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0158]



Green grasshopper [costa_rica_4747]



Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0814]



Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0311]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0736]



Baby hummingbirds in a nest



Gliding Tree Frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) [costa_rica_siquirres_1003]


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