Costa Rica Reptiles

From our trip to Costa Rica - November 2007

I was expecting to see lots of reptiles and amphibians in Costa Rica, but there were very few except for iguanas.


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Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog
Blue Jeans Poison Dart Frog
Poison dart frogs have toxins in their skin that were used by natives to poison the tips of the poison darts they used while hunting, thus the name for the frog. He gets his poison from the ants he eats.

Black and green Poison Dart Frog
Black and Green Poison Dart Frog

Crocodiles
Crocodiles
I took this photo from the safety of a bridge.

Whiptail lizard
Central American Whiptail

Jesus Christ Lizard
Jesus Christ Lizard
So called because they can run across the top of the water for short distances.
I didn't see any of them do this, however.

Iguana-1
A handsome iguanaa. We saw these guys nearly everywhere we went.

Iguana-2
Here's another iguana of different colors.


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