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Two Frogs

I usually get more frog photos in wet places like Tortuguero, but most frogs are nocturnal and it was very dark & cloudy on our night hike in deep mud (wearing required high boots they provide) and thus I was doing good to just keep up, not to mention trying to make photos, of which I got few!  🙂

We did see a lot more frogs than this, just no photos! Our guide on that hike was a very good spotter named Elvis!   🙂   I can’t use my 600 mm zoom lens in the dark successfully, but did try an older camera with a “normal” lens, but it was no better than the cellphone camera at night, which is what most of my good frog photos have been made on in the past.

White-lipped Rain Frog, Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica
Unidentified Frog, Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica  (possibly one of the rain frogs or a dink frog)

See my galleries of Costa Rica Frogs with more than 40 species, though the “unidentified” sub-gallery is the largest. 🙂  I got a new CR Amphibians field guide, but they are still difficult for me to identify.  🙂  But still, I’m proud of my large set of frog photos, especially several great shots of the Red-eyed Tree Frog over the years!  He is one of several unofficial symbols or mascots of Costa Rica like the below shot at Danta Corcovado Lodge.   🙂

Red-eyed Tree Frog, Danta Corcovado

¡Pura Vida!

All this trip in: Tortuguero 2023 Trip Gallery

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Cativo’s Other Wildlife

My nature experiences in a Playa Cativo Lodge this past week did include more than the birds & butterflies that I love to photograph! Here’s a few that I was able to “catch” in the camera and of course the biggies like Jaguar and Puma are there but seldom seen by us humans, even on night hikes! 🙂

DISCLAIMER/POSTPONEMENT: I did this post last night and couldn’t finish processing my photo-folders of Crabs and of Reptiles that I intended to include here, so now those two categories will come later in a separate post. 🙂

Mantled Howler Monkey, Playa Cativo Lodge, Golfo Dulce & Piedras Blancas NP

And more . . .

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Rainforest Frogs

I only have photos of 4 species of the many we saw on the night hike at Chachagua Rainforest Hotel, but any frog I can add to my collection is great for me and two of these are new to me. There are about 150 species of frogs in Costa Rica and my gallery Amphibians CR has 33+ species, some I’m unable to identify. Frogs are amazing! 🙂

Blue Jeans Frog, Chachagua Rainforest Hotel, San Ramon Canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
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Night Hike Frogs

Last night I went on the lodge’s “Night Hike” with about 8 other guests. It was similar to most other lodge night hikes and I have learned that my big camera is too much trouble on a night hike, so depend on my cell phone for photos. In addition to these frogs I got some insects and tried to photograph a coral snake we saw but failed at that. One of these is a new species of frog for me, the Red Webbed Tree Frog which has red-colored webs between his fingers and toes. Look close and you can see them. Click image to enlarge.

¡Pura Vida!

You may also enjoy my Other Wildlife Gallery

and my 2019 Maquenque Lodge Trip Gallery 

See also the lodge website:  Maquenque Ecolodge

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Frogs at Sarapiquí

Red-eyed Tree Frog
Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica

Dead Leaf Frog
Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica

Green & Black Poison Frog
Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica

Bare-hearted or Lime-colored Glass Frog
Selva Verde Lodge Sarapiquí, Chilamate, Costa Rica
The size of my thumbnail.

All but the Green & Black Poison Frog was photographed on the Selva Verde Lodge‘s Night Hike. Night is the best time to see and photograph frogs, BUT they did not allow us to use camera flash, so these were made with a flashlight! Difficult!

See also my photo gallery of Amphibians   

Turrialba Volcano still erupting through the weekend. Click link for more photos.

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Rainy Day in the Mountains

After a Tico breakfast at Casita del Cafe outside Atenas with a beautiful vista we drove up into the mountains with hopes of seeing Poas Volcano and the waterfalls of La Paz. Well, as we drove higher the rain increased and at the gate of Poas National Park we were told we could enter for $15 but we would not be able to see the volcano. So we turned around and headed for La Paz Waterfall Gardens where it was raining has hard but we could see most of the sights. Ponchos and a lot of dampness accompanied our tour of the gardens. But we did see quite a bit! And chose not to eat in the expensive La Paz tourist restaurants, instead driving to La Garita for lunch at Arroz Mango. Then home for sitting in sunny Atenas on my terrace until a little Mexican dinner at Donde Bocha Antojeria. An adventurous day!

I will try to label the animals the waterfall later. I guess it was as good of a way to spend an active day in the rain as we could find. I don’t expect any more rain until possibly a little at Tortuguero. It is the dry season, but the high cloud forests and the lowland tropical coastal rainforests can have some rain year around. Not a drop in Atenas!   🙂   Follow Reagan’s Blog for his view of the visit here!