Monkey skulls, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Skull of a Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii), San Perillo ranger station, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Collared anteater (Tamandua), Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii), male, at fruit feeders of the restaurant Mirador Valle del General, near San Isidro, Costa Rica. Spanish name is Barbudo cabecirrojo.

Groove billed anis. Sierpe, Costa Rica.

Carollia sp. bats roosting under the building at Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Bromeliad flower in the mountains of Costa Rica near Cerro de al Muerte.

Fallen flowers of the Ajo tree (Caryocar costaricense), Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Army ant soldier. As my son Alex can tell you, these guys have a nasty bite.

Chiton. Intertidal zone, Osa Peninsula.

Torch ginger (etlingera elatior), Campanario, Costa Rica

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Spathiphyllum sp., Wilson Botanical Garden, Costa Rica

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The beach at Campanario, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Green Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla), Campanario, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. This is a difficult snake to handle. Here it is biting the hand of my friend Prof. Jose Manuel Mora. This was in part an experiment to observe the effects of its mild venom (here the fang at rear of mouth has not yet punctured the skin; this venom has primarily anticoagulent effects) and part photo-op (imagine me pleading for "one more shot" while Jose was shouting "ouch"). The venom caused some bleeding, pain, and mild swelling over a period of about 1 hour. Spanish names are Bejuquillo verde, lora falsa gigante.

GreenParrotSnakeLeptophisahaetullaCampanarioOsaPeninsulaCostaRicaJoseManuelMorarearfangvenomanticoagulentBejuquilloverdelorafalsagigante

Green Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla), Campanario, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. This is a difficult snake to handle. Here it is biting the hand of my friend Prof. Jose Manuel Mora. This was in part an experiment to obseve the effects of its mild venom (note the fang at rear of mouth that has not yet made a puncture; this venom has primarily anticoagulent effects) and part photo-op. I was pleading for "one more shot" while Jose was shouting "ouch" and words less printable. Ultimately the rear fangs found their mark (see later image in this set), with the venom causing some bleeding, pain, and mild swelling over a period of about 1 hour. Spanish names are Bejuquillo verde, lora falsa gigante.

GreenParrotSnakeLeptophisahaetullaCampanarioOsaPeninsulaCostaRicaJoseManuelMoramildvenomrearfanganticoagulentBejuquilloverdelorafalsagigante

Green Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla), Campanario, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. This is a difficult snake to handle. Here it is biting the hand of my friend Prof. Jose Manuel Mora. This was in part an experiment to obseve the effects of its mild venom (here the fang at rear of mouth has punctured the skin; this venom has primarily anticoagulent effects) and part photo-op (imagine me pleading for "one more shot" while Jose was shouting "ouch"). The venom caused some bleeding, pain, and mild swelling over a period of about 1 hour. Spanish names are Bejuquillo verde, lora falsa gigante.

GreenParrotSnakeLeptophisahaetullaCampanarioOsaPeninsulaCostaRicaJoseManuelMorarearfangvenomanticoagulentBejuquilloverdelorafalsagigante

Box of mountain goat. You can see some strange things on the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica.