Leptodeira septentrionalis

Hypsiboas rosenbergi

Iguana iguana

Dendrophidion percarinatum sleeping a few feet off the ground:

Imantodes cenchoa


Smilisca phaeota


The Agalychnis callidryas here were considerable less colorful than I saw years ago on the Caribbean side. They were everywhere though.

Bothrops asper in situ

Leptodeira septentrionalis in situ.

Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Kinosternon leucostomum

Corytophanes cristatus. I missed these on my first trip to Costa Rica in 2007 so I was very excited to see this guy. Actually one of my favorite animals from this trip.


6’ Clelia clelia


Corallus ruschenbergerii


Centruroides limbatus

Net-casting spider (Deinopis sp.) These things are pretty cool

The only eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) of the trip



Basiliscus basiliscus (note the significant scarring on the face)


Cochranella granulosa


Dermophis occidentalis Certainly one of the highlights of the trip


Oedipina alleni The only salamander species found on the trip, though several individuals turned up.

Oxyrhopus petolarius

Oxbelis aeneus

In situ This juvenile seemed to be settling in for the night.

7’ Boa constrictor. This was not a happy snake, and probably one of the most intimidating snakes I have ever encountered.


A very uncooperative Micrurus alleni. We also turned up a M. nigrocinctus the following night, but I did not get photos.


A few other odds and ends from the Osa:
Leaf-cutter ants



Spider monkey

Green kingfisher

Orange daggerwing

Robber fly with mosquito

Hermit crab

The rest is from the Monteverde area.
My wife spotted this stunningly beautiful Bothriechis lateralis


We saw two of these Geophis hoffmanni. They are very reminiscent of Carphophis.

Ninia maculata A couple of these were found down in the Osa, too, but I didn’t get photos.

Sceloporus malachiticus

Norops biporcatus

Lithobates forreri

Agouti

Blue-crowned motmot

Katydid

Planarian


We spent a day in the Cloud Forest Reserve and had a guide show us around. He wasn’t able to show us any herps, but he knew his stuff when it came to the birds. As soon as we met him, a pair of male resplendent quetzals were spotted right in the parking lot. That was easy. We got great looks (but not great shots).

Black guan

Emerald toucanet

We saw a number of other species in the park, with the highlights being a mottled owl and a green fronted lancebill, but they were too far for photos. Before leaving we checked out the hummingbird feeders, where we saw seven different species of hummingbirds, and I got photos of six of them (missed the green hermit).
Coppery-headed emerald

Male purple-throated mountaingem


Female purple-throated mountaingem

Male green-crowned brilliant


Female green-crowned brilliant

Violet sabrewing

Green violetear

Female magenta-throated woodstar

Bananaquit

And I’ll wrap things up with a shot of a strangler fig.

Thanks for looking.
-Kevin