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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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Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_osa_0368]



Rhaebo haematiticus frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1305]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0148]



Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1233]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0379]



Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0020]



Green leafhopper with polka dots [costa_rica_4447]



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_5277]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0645]



Boa constrictor in Costa Rica [costa_rica_osa_0263]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0547]



Spiny-headed tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0208]



Allobates talamancae frog



Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3965]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0043]



Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0132]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0718]



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5111]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_osa_0951]



Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1668]



Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5954]



Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0732]



Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1430]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0391]



Auratus dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0883]



Green grasshopper with silver eyes [costa_rica_osa_0182]



White-faced capuchin [cr_4342]



Orb spider [cr_4059]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0972]



Brown basilisk [costa_rica_osa_0412]



Group of spider monkeys [costa_rica_osa_0650]



Costa Rican Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0632]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1348]



White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5136]



Frog [costa_rica_osa_0388]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1113]



Squirrel monkey [costa_rica_osa_0717]



Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1428]



Damselfly [costa_rica_la_selva_1331]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0580]



Male green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0330]



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1872]



Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5692]



Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0927]



White-faced capuchin [cr_4346]



Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0830]



Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1846]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0777]



Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0455]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0928]



Green-and-black dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0708]



Leaf-cutter ants [costa_rica_osa_0137]



Io Moth (Automeris io) caterpillar [costa_rica_la_selva_0833]



Shedding anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1355]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0778]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_0948]



Green stick insect [costa_rica_5811]



Spiny-headed tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0203]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0332]



Moth [costa_rica_siquirres_0754]



Glasswing butterfly (Greta oto) [costa_rica_siquirres_0139]



Three-toed sloth [costa_rica_la_selva_0463]



Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1574]



Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0096]



Dark gray and red butterfly (Pierella helvetia incanescens) [cr_3727]



Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_1036]



Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0467]



Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1257]



Brown katydid [costa_rica_5540]



Phyllobates lugubris frog



Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0067]



Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1613]



Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [costa_rica_la_selva_0190]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0773]



Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1576]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0516]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0630]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1006]



American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6058]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1135]



Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen [costa_rica_4736]



White-faced capuchin [cr_4326]



Squirrel [costa_rica_la_selva_1677]



Pair of sleeping dragonflies [costa_rica_5586]



Three-toed sloth [costa_rica_la_selva_0467]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0923]



Gliding Tree Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0999]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0764]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0517]



Donald Trump hair caterpillar



Costa Rican Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0601]



Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot [costa_rica_4577]



Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3971]



Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus)



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1051]



Juvenile green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1835]



Blue morpho butterfly [costa_rica_la_selva_0354]



Ants carrying a centipede



Mantled Howler Monkey



Squirrel [costa_rica_la_selva_0048]



Glass frog [costa_rica_osa_0922]



Gliding tree frog (Agalychnis spurrelli) [costa_rica_osa_0682]



Nephila orb spider [costa_rica_5259]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0361]



Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1242]



Female green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0442]



Anole with a blood-sucking tick on its neck [costa_rica_siquirres_0269]



Glass frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0807]



Brown basilisk [costa_rica_osa_0410]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1827]



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1800]



Lizard [costa_rica_la_selva_0631]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_1073]



Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4257a]



Red-Eyed Tree Frog on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5902]



Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0779]



Glasshopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0739]



Crowned tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0180]



Unknown moth [costa_rica_4429]



Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0558]


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