Costa Rica Wildlife

Perhaps the most interesting thing about Costa Rica, is the incredible amount of wildlife one can see, with very little effort. If I ever go back, I would go back and focus on seeing as much as I could, despite the horrendous discomfort of the climate.  We visited two parks while we were there, and did some hikes along the beach.  Here are some of the highlights.

The icon of Costa Rica, the red-eyed tree frog.  Some of the photos here were taken at a small "zoo" if you will, for native herps of Costa Rica. According to our guide at the little "Neofauna" park, these frogs are fairly elusive and not easy to find in the wild without considerable time and effort.

These large iguanas were everywhere around the resort.

Under a bridge a large group of crocs drew a crowd.

The jungle.

Dart frogs were seen hopping around.

Some sort of anole I am not familiar with.

I believe this is a Central American Whiptail. These lizards were seen in abundance foraging in the jungle.

Very spikey tree.

Another unknown anole.

The girls walked up on two of these large bird snakes.

Crabs were a common site around the resort beach.

Dead skate of some kind.

More dart frogs at "Neofauna"

Me with boa.

Close up.

Another type of dart frog found on the eastern coast of CR.

Eyelash viper #1.

Eyelash viper #2.

Sad monkey.

Owl butterfly being displayed by our guide at "Neofauna".

Supposedly, you can also see a snake face in the butterflies amazing pattern.

This is Randall, our guide.

Cocoons.

Owl butterfly caterpillars.

Baby eel found under a rock in the tide pools.

Monekys overhead at Carara Park.

Watch out for pee.

Another highlight was the sloth we saw at Manuel Antonio.

"Lazy Bears"

I think a pet sloth would be fun.

Smaller crab.

Bigger crab.

Agouti.

And another monster iguana.