Hiding in a piece of vegetation in the Los Angeles Cloud Forest Reserve two days ago. See more from several other locations in my gallery Masked Tree Frog, Similisca phaeota.
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Masked Tree Frog
Night Hike Frogs
Last night before a late dinner I took the “Night Walk” which is always a favorite almost everywhere I go in Costa Rica and especially here with the large variety of wildlife! I was the only participant and my guide favored frogs as I do, though we did see some spiders and other creatures, I will just share the 7 frog photos I got which included 3 or 4 new species for me. And thanks to Antonio for helping to make most of these photos! Young people handle cell phones better than us old guys! 🙂
This morning I finally got to go on the rubber raft “Safari” on the Rio Tres Amigos and though not a large number of birds, I did get a nesting Sunbittern! A Rare sight! I will share on some future blog post, but for now, last night’s 7 different species of frogs . . .
Other Wildlife Arenal
There was more than this, but these are the ones I have useable photos of beyond the birds and butterflies already shown. All wildlife is so interesting and varied anywhere you go in Costa Rica. One pix for the email announcement and then a gallery of all 9 photos.
Masked Tree Frog
The brown on either side of the eye appears to go through the eye and is thus “the mask.” Like many frog species, he comes in different colors making ID less obvious as you can see in my Masked Tree Frog GALLERY or read about the Smilisca phaeota on Wikipedia. We found him in the fountain pool outside the Reception Lobby of Arenal Observatory Lodge.
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And . . .
Historic Biodiversity Agreement in Montreal! Tico Times article
Night Hike Creatures
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| Masked Tree Frog Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Masked Tree Frog Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Masked Tree Frog Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Unknown Frog Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Slim-fingers Rain Frog Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Bullfrog (Really Big!) Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Pug-nosed Anole Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Species of Walking Stick Insects Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Species of Walking Stick Insects We Saw Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| One of 3 Species of Walking Stick Insects We Saw Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Wolf Spider Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Forest Floor Millipede Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| White-crowned Parrot Sleeping Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Reserve Near San Ramon, Costa Rica |
Obviously this night hike was dominated my many kinds of frogs. I do the night hike every time it is offered in one of these nature lodges and they are all very interesting and very different. On this trip we saw two snakes but I did not get a usable photo. We also saw some other kinds of frogs not shown here, lots of other insects, and heard even more. It was about 2 hours in the dark with our only light being flashlights, even for the photos, which explains partly why these photos aren’t so good. And this was unusual to not see a red-eyed tree frog, but we had the masked tree frogs which I guess you could call blue-eyed! 🙂 We also saw no mammals including no bats, no owls or other birds beyond the sleeping parrots. Each hike is unique!
I still have many other interesting photos from the first day which will just have to come later! This morning was the bird hike and I’ll show those photos tomorrow. I like it here! Not touristy and not many people! Their website link again: Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort and Nature Reserve.
My Trip Gallery on this visit
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