In this thread I want to show a few findings. The first time we were in Monteverde, Santa Elena. The second half we spent in Ojochal at the Pacific coast.
It was not really a herping trip, but I also looked for them.
It started very good on the way to Santa Elena we stopped at a creek. There we saw many younger Basiliscus basiliscus, one Ctenosaura similis (quickly disappeared into the thicket) and for me the best one Mastigodryas melanolomus.
- Mastigodryas melanolomus
- Mastigodryas melanolomus
At the lodge we stayed we saw at night this small unidentified frog.
- unidentified treefrog
Around Santa Elena we found one time near the road this female Sceloporus malachiticus.
- Sceloporus malachiticus
One day we visited the Reserva Bosque Nuboso de Santa Elena, a nice cloud forest. At the entrance of the Reserve we were shown a green snake on a tree. It was a Bothriechis lateralis, unfortunately high on a tree so that we only got pictures from below. In the Reserve we have seen probably a good camouflaged Craugastor sp., Megaphobema mesomelas (a big Tarantula endemic to central america), an Anolis, Ateles geoffroyi (Spider monkey) an many more.
- Bothriechis lateralis
- Craugastor sp.?
- Craugastor sp.?
- Megaphobema-mesomelas
- probably Anolis humilis
- Elanoides forficatus
- orchid
- landscape, on the left you can see the volcano Arenal
... will be continued.
