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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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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]



Hatching Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) next their red eggs [costa-rica-d_0382]



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



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]



Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma) in a palm tree [costa-rica_0079]



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



Rain frog [costa-rica-d_0451]



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]



Adult green iguana [costa-rica_0002]



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]



Common Slender Anole (Anolis limifrons) [costa-rica_0900]



Blue leafhopper [costa_rica_la_selva_1430]



Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) [costa-rica_0563]



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]



Masked frog (Smilisca phaeota) in a swimming pool [costa-rica-d_0376]



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]



Great White Egret (Ardea alba) fishing



Common Egret (Ardea alba)



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]



Firefly, Lighting Beetle, family Lampyridae [costa-rica-d_0017]



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]



Leaf-cutter ants [costa-rica_0823]



Shedding anole [costa_rica_la_selva_1355]



Bird captured for study



Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0778]



Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, being measured by researchers



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]



Group of green iguanas in a tree [costa-rica_0006]



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]



Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male: blue in color] [costa-rica_0544]



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]



Neotropical cormorants (Phalacrocorax olivaceus). [costa-rica_0026]



Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)



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]


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