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Costa Rica photos: wildlife


[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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Long-legged spider [costa-rica_0894]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0967]



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_1794]



Yellow leaf-shaped katydid [costa_rica_4518]



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_5275]



Green Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0151]



Red-Eyed Tree Frog in a leaf



Brown katydid [costa_rica_5542]



Huimmingbird nest



Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1851]



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0807]



Frog [costa_rica_osa_1018]



Beetle [costa_rica_siquirres_0390]



Green-and-black poison dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0024]



Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica [cr_3757]



Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1373]



Auratus dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0886]



Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0418]



bird [costa-rica_0549]



Jesus Christ Lizard (Brown basilisk)



Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) eating a green berry



Leaf-cutter ants [costa_rica_osa_0143]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_0950]



Frog [costa_rica_osa_0970]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0060]



Tree frog [costa_rica_siquirres_1065]



Green iguana climbing a tree [costa_rica_la_selva_1253]



Ant [costa_rica_siquirres_0615]



Anole [costa_rica_siquirres_0172]



Moth [costa_rica_siquirres_1081]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1162]



Green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus) [Caribbean variant] [costa_rica_5385]



Lemur tree frog (Hylomantis lemur) [costa_rica_siquirres_0348]



Scarlet macaw in flight [costa-rica_1376]



Spider monkey with a baby on its back



Anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1735]



Rainforest roach [costa_rica_siquirres_0984]



Auratus dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0885]



Butterfly [costa_rica_siquirres_0758]



Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) [costa_rica_la_selva_1591]



Agalychnis spurrelli tree frog [costa_rica_osa_0705]



Nephila orb spider [costa_rica_5202]



Rana warszewitschii frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0082]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0420]



Gray Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) [cr_4160]



Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi) [costa_rica_osa_0539]



Bird captured for study [costa_rica_4859]



Lesser Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)



Golfo Dulce Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_osa_0588]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0354]



Red and black Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) hatching out their eggs [costa-rica_0933]



Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [female: green in color] [costa-rica_0537]



Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1187]



Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4926]



Ant [costa_rica_siquirres_0613]



Green-and-black dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0699]



Longhorn beetle [costa_rica_osa_0931]



Juvenile green iguana [costa_rica_osa_0996]



Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0973]



Transparent-winged butterfly (Greta oto) [costa_rica_siquirres_0791]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1547]



Brown grasshopper [costa_rica_la_selva_0609]



Swainson’s Toucan [costa_rica_5325a]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1289]



Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_1706]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0149]



Lizard [costa_rica_siquirres_0869]



Mama sloth with baby [costa-rica_0698]



Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0435]



Anole with blue-green flanks [costa-rica-d_0454]



Bare-throated Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) [costa-rica_0240]



Vulture



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1055]



White centipede [cr_4277]



Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5711]



Granular Poison Dart Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0496]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0723]



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0769]



Male Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1029]



Caged spider monkey



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1131]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1130]



Blue, yellow, and orange insect [costa-rica_0910]



White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5063]



Caged spider monkey [costa-rica_0548]



Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae [costa_rica_5622]



Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) [costa_rica_5657]



Bee [costa_rica_siquirres_0623]



Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1844]



Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [costa-rica_0419]



Cricket [costa_rica_siquirres_0545]



Allobates talamancae poison dart frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0719]



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1556]



Costa Rican Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0599]



Baby spider monkey [costa_rica_osa_0622]



Anole [costa_rica_siquirres_0247]



Rainforest rocket frog (Silverstoneia flotator)



Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0739]



Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1521]



Adult green iguana [costa_rica_siquirres_0035]



Crowned tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) [costa_rica_siquirres_0195]



White-Faced Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0382]



Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0835]



Transparent-winged butterfly [costa_rica_siquirres_0789]



Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_1707]



Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_1709]



Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3894]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1066]



Hatchling sea turtle [costa_rica_5683]



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1166]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0144]



Golfodulcean poison frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_siquirres_0478]



Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis), captured for study



Mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) [costa_rica_la_selva_1552]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1637]



Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being measured by researchers



Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1021]



Katydid [costa_rica_siquirres_0220]



Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_la_selva_1867]


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