Animals

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EMERALD BASILISK (MALE): This lizard is often known as the Jesus Christ lizard due to its clever escape strategy of running across the surface of ponds and streams to escape predators.

Emerald Basilisk (Male)

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EMERALD BASILISK (FEMALE): This lizard is often known as the Jesus Christ lizard due to its clever escape strategy of running across the surface of ponds and streams to escape predators.

Emerald Basilisk (Female)

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BLACK CAIMAN: This Black Caiman was hiding in the tangled vegetation at the edge of the river. The local horseflies obviously found him to be a handy perch while they waited for creatures with thinner skin to pass by.

Black Caiman

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BLACK CAIMAN: Although this Black Caiman was around 3 metres in length it was not easy to see in the grassy margins.

Black Caiman

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GREEN IGUANA (IGUANA IGUANA): A Green Iguana, being a largely arborial, climbs through the rainforest canopy looking for young leaves and ripe fruit.

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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WHITE-HEADED CAPUCHIN: A baby White-Headed Capuchin hitches a ride on its mother's back.

White-Headed Capuchin

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WHITE-HEADED CAPUCHIN: A White-Headed Capuchin concentrates as it looks for its next meal.

White-Headed Capuchin

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JUMPING ACROSS THE GAP: A White-Headed Capuchin takes a leap of faith as it jumps a huge gap beween trees in the rainforest.

Jumping across the gap

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FORAGING FOR FRESH LEAVES.: A Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) forages in the rainforest canopy for tender fresh leaves.

Foraging for fresh leaves.

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PEEKING THROUGH THE CANOPY.: A baby Geoffroy's spider monkey peeks through the leaves high up in the rainforest canopy.

Peeking through the canopy.

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SWINGING BY THE TAIL.: A baby Geoffroy's spider monkey hangs by its tail high up in the rainforest canopy.

Swinging by the tail.

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CONCENTRATION: A baby Geoffroy's spider monkey peers down from the rainforest canopy.

Concentration

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WONDERMENT: A Mantled Howler Monkey stares off into the distance.

Wonderment

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CANE TOAD (RHINELLA MARINA): Just as darkness falls a cane toad (Rhinella marina) emerges from the rainforest undergrowth to start its night of hunting.

Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)

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COMMON BLUNT HEADED SNAKE (IMANTODES CENCHOA): A close-up view of the Common Blunt Headed Snake.

Common Blunt Headed Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)

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COMMON BLUNT HEADED SNAKE (IMANTODES CENCHOA): This snake was barely discernible from the branches on which it was resting. Its head seemed unnaturally large for the size of its body.

Common Blunt Headed Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)

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WONDERING SPIDER SP.: A wondering spider species wait for unsuspecting prey.

Wondering Spider sp.

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WOLF SPIDER: Wolf spider species hunt by ambushing their prey. They rely on stealth and speed.

Wolf Spider

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DAMSEL FLY: A cloud forest damsel fly perches on a convenient twig

Damsel Fly

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TAILLESS WHIP SCORPION (AMBLYPUGI SP.): A tailless whip scorpion dismembers its victim. This animal is not a scorpion but is an Arachnid species and related to spiders.

Tailless Whip Scorpion (Amblypugi Sp.)

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COMMON RAIN FROG (CRAUGASTOR FITZINGERI): A common rain frog emerges from the rainforest leaf litter at nightfall.

Common Rain Frog (Craugastor fitzingeri)

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FER-DE-LANCE (BOTHROPS ASPER): A huge fer de lance lies curled up under a stand of banana trees. The fer de lance is a venomous viper which accounts for the most snakebite-related deaths among humans in Costa Rica. Venom from this species contains an anticoagulant, neurotoxin and is haemolytic.

Fer-de-Lance (Bothrops asper)

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GREEN IGUANA: A green iguana is perfectly camoflaged in the mangroves.

Green Iguana

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BRAZILIAN LONG-NOSED BATS (RHYNCHONYCTERIS NASO): A colony of Brazillian Long-nosed Bats roost in plain sight on the underside of a leaning palm tree over water. These bats roost in a line which is thought to deter predators due to its resemblance to a snake.

Brazilian Long-nosed Bats (Rhynchonycteris naso)

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WHITE-HEADED CAPUCIN: A White-Headed Capuchin finds a snack while foraging in the mangroves.

White-Headed Capucin

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WHITE-HEADED CAPUCIN: This White-Headed Capuchin was foraging for crabs among the mangrove roots.

White-Headed Capucin

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WHITE-HEADED CAPUCIN: These intelligent New World monkeys take every opportunity to find something to eat. This one is looking for crabs which climb out of the water and mud onto the mangrove roots.

White-Headed Capucin

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WHITE-HEADED CAPUCIN: A White-Headed Capuchin climbs over mangrove roots in serach of its next meal.

White-Headed Capucin

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TENT-MAKING BATS: A small colony of Tent-Making Bats roost under a palm leaf which they have formed into a tent by biting partially through the leaf ribs.

Tent-Making Bats

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GREEN IGUANA (IGUANA IGUANA): A pair of Green Iguanas chase each other around a tree trunk.

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): A Central Americal Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) forages in the rainforest canopy for insects and fruit.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY: A Mantled Howler Monkey is not averse to using man-made structures to move around. This one was using cables as an aerial walk way.

Mantled Howler Monkey

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): This tiny monkey is now restricted to the northwestern tip of Panama near the border with Costa Rica, and the central and southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Its concervation status is "threatened" with fewer than an 5,000 remaining in the wild.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): This was one of a small troupe of Central Americal Squirrel Monkeys which were foraging for insects and fruit high up in the canopy. Their contact calls were high-pitched squeaks which sounded like bird calls. There were between 8 and 10 in the group.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): A Central Americal Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) moves quickly throught he rainforest canopy as it looks for its next meal.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): A Central Americal Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) scans the canopy vegetation for insects and fruit.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): A Central Americal Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) prepares to pounce on an insect it spotted in the dense foliage.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): A Central Americal Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) prepares to pounce on an insect it spotted in the dense foliage.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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CENTRAL AMERICAN SQUIRREL MONKEY (SAIMIRI OERSTEDII): A young Central Americal Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) calls out to maintain contact with the others in its small troupe.

Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)

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BROWN-THROATED THREE-TOED SLOTH (BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS): This Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) was looking for fresh fruit or leaf buds.

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)

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BROWN-THROATED THREE-TOED SLOTH (BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS): This The Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) clearly shows the characteristic greenish colouration in its fur caused by the growth of algae. This natural camoflage is highly beneficial in helping it to remain undetected by predators.

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)

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BROWN-THROATED THREE-TOED SLOTH (BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS): The Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) is not often seen so clearly in the open. This individual was working hard to find any fresh fruit or leaf buds within its reach.

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)