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COMMON HERPS OF COSTA RICA - AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

AMPHIBIANS 

Marine Toad [Cane Toad] Rhinella marina

Common Dink Frog Diasporus diastema

Savege's Bull Frog Leptodactylus savageii

Red-eyed Treefrog Agalychnis callidryas


Golden-eyed Treefrog Agalychnis annae
















Forreri Leopards Frog Rana forreri

Masked Treefrog Smilisca phaeota

Granular GlassFrog Cochranella granulosa

Green & Black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus

Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio



Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii


REPTILES

Black River Turtle Rhinoclemmys funerea



Striped Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus


Brown Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus

Emerald Basilisk Basliscus plumifrons



Helmeted Basilisk Corytophanes cristatus

Lesser Ctenosaur Ctenosaura quinquecarinata

Spinytail Iguana Ctenosaura similis

Green Iguana Iguana iguana




Anoles [21 Species]











Green Spiny Lizard Sceloporus malachiticus




Fer De Lance 

American Crocodile



Spectacled Caiman



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