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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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Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0013]



Lemur tree frog (Hylomantis lemur) [costa_rica_siquirres_0349]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1537]



Daddy longlegs [costa_rica_5461]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0961]



Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0131]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0907]



Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0100]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0787]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1069]



Brown toad



Glasswinged butterfly (Greta oto) [costa_rica_siquirres_0790]



Cicada skin



Hummingbird feeding its chick [costa_rica_la_selva_0680]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1011]



Craugastor crassidigitus frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0790]



Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra)



Bird [costa_rica_osa_0678]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0713]



Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus [cr_3860]



Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5962a]



Glass frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0811]



Rana warszewitschii frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0088]



Moth [costa_rica_siquirres_0752]



Agalychnis spurrelli tree frog [costa_rica_osa_0699]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1036]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0578]



Blue and black butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1205]



Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3893]



Auratus dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0889]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0330]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1090]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1813]



Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0552]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0608]



Granulous Poison Frog (Dendrobates granuliferus) [cr_4091]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0519]



Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4938]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0370]



Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower [cr_3688]



Coatimundi [costa_rica_osa_0733]



Giant brown Callipogon lemoinei long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) with off-white markings [costa_rica_5505]



Green poison frog



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1115]



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_5279]



Yellow-green insect on the forest floor [costa_rica_4566]



Poison dart frog (Allobates talamancae) [costa_rica_siquirres_0721]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0322]



Agalychnis spurrelli tree frog [costa_rica_osa_0703]



Blue and black butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1204]



Spiny-headed tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0199]



Green-blue bee [costa_rica_la_selva_0175]



Planthopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1780]



Green-and-black dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0707]



Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0589]



Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1847]



Caterpillar [costa_rica_siquirres_0425]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0763]



Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0053]



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5059]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1488]



Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5627]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0583]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0629]



Transparent-winged butterfly (Greta oto) [costa_rica_siquirres_0794]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0533]



Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_1052]



Lemur tree frog (Hylomantis lemur) [costa_rica_siquirres_0363]



Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0163]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0813]



Green cicada [costa_rica_5453]



Crowned tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0207]



Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0228]



Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1499]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0994]



Leaf-cutter ants [costa_rica_la_selva_1311]



Spiny-headed tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0194]



Weevil [costa_rica_siquirres_0683]



Strawberry dart frog in a red cap mushroom [costa_rica_la_selva_0515]



Rescued baby sea turtles [costa_rica_5645]



Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0561]



Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1515]



Group of spider monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0640]



Strawberry dart frog in a red cap mushroom [costa_rica_la_selva_0518]



Cat-eyed snake [costa_rica_siquirres_0243]



Costa Rican Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0608]



Atta leaf-cutter ants [cr_4134]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1432]



Rainforest roach [costa_rica_siquirres_0985]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0509]



House gecko near a light



Leaf-cutter ants [costa_rica_osa_0139]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0448]



Geoffroy's Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0598]



Golfo Dulce Poison Dart Frog [costa_rica_osa_0568]



Auratus dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0879]



Turtle in Costa Rica



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0973]



Three-toed sloth [costa_rica_la_selva_0465]



Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) in a tree [costa_rica_5317]



Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5975]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0965]



Crowned tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0193]



Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0828]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0969]



Frog [costa_rica_osa_0498]



Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1734]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0895]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0576]



Green basilisk [costa_rica_siquirres_0026]



Orb spider [cr_4274]



Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4257]



Grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0567]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1546]



Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1853]



Tree frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0412]



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5062]



White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5197]



Granulous Poison Frog (Dendrobates granuliferus)



White-faced Capuchin monkeys


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