Small yellow-green speckles brighten a dark snake moving through low vegetation.
Explore Central Pacific
Costa Rica’s Central Pacific region connects beach communities with forest and river landscapes. Jacó, Quepos and Manuel Antonio offer different ways to explore the meeting of land and ocean. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.
O’Shaughnessy’s Galliwasp
Short legs and a long smooth body help this forest lizard move through cover.
Two-banded False Coral Snake
Paired dark bands make an eye-catching pattern on a slender forest snake.