Back to Home                                          Trip to La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, December 2002

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Micrurus alleni

Allen's coral snake

Bothrops asper

fer de lance

Porthidium nasutum

hog-nosed viper

Boa constrictor

Boa constrictor

Xenodon rabdocephalus

false fer de lance

Leptodira septentrionalis

cat-eyed snake

Oxybelis aeneus

vine snake

Imantodes cenchoa

brown blunt-headed vine snake

Leptophis depressirostris

satiny parrot snake (showing threat display)

Ninia sebae

Rhadinaea decorata

Dendrophidon vinitor

racer

Ninia maculata

forest racer

Rhinoclemmys

wood turtle (juvenile)

Caiman crocodilus

spectacled caiman

Thecadactylus rapicauda

gecko

Gonatodes albogularis

gecko

Sphenomorphus cherriei

skink

Basiliscus vittatus

striped basilisk aka "Jesus Christ" lizard

Iguana iguana

Green iguana

Leptophyma flavimaculatum

night lizard

Ameiva festiva

whip-tail lizard

Norops

Norops capito

pug nosed anole

modeling some rainforest jewelry

Dendrobates pumilio

strawberry poison dart frog

Bufo marinus

giant toad

Bufo

Bufo haematiticus

smooth skinned toad

Rana warszewitschii

brilliant forest frog

Rana vaillanti

Leptodactylus pentadactylus

South American bullfrog

Eleutherodactylus talamancae

Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri

rain frog

Eleutherodactylus mimus

rain frog

Eleutherodactylus megacephalus

Eleutherodactylus

Eleutherodactylus melanostictus

Eleutherodactylus bransfordii

one of the smallest frogs in the rainforest

Agalychnis saltator

Monkey treefrog

Smilisca sordida

Hyla

Hyla rufitela

Tayaussa tajacu

collared peccary

Coatimundi

The only bird that would sit still long enough for a photograph!

scorpion

tarantula

wolf spider

I thought the roaches in my apartment were big....

praying mantis (displaying)

dobsonfly

katydids in bamboo

now you see it.....

now you don't!

owl moth

butterfly

Atta

leafcutter ants

velvet worm

This is why I want to go back!

on our way to La Selva

typical tree buttress

La Selva

 List of all fish                     List of all amphibians                          List of all reptiles                            List of all birds                         List of all mammals 

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