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Explore South Pacific

Costa Rica’s South Pacific region brings together rainforest, mountain communities and remarkable coastal landscapes. Uvita, the Osa Peninsula and the Golfo Dulce invite discovery of the connections between forests, rivers and sea. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.

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Northern Forest Racer

A fine-tailed forest snake carries narrow crossmarks through the shade.

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Linnaeus’s Sipo

A long green-to-olive snake follows the paths made by forest branches.

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Puffing Snake

A large forest snake shows how much color and pattern can vary within one species.

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Heavy-footed Anole

A compact brown anole lives among the cool, wet forests of Talamanca.

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Taylor’s Leaf-litter Lizard

An elongated lizard slips through the shaded layers of the forest floor.

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Speckled Racer

Small yellow-green speckles brighten a dark snake moving through low vegetation.

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Ecuadorian Milksnake

A banded young milksnake offers a lesson about changing colors and misleading names.

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Decorated Forest Snake

Fine lengthwise stripes help a small snake blend into forest-floor lines.

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Salvin’s Anole

A bark-patterned mountain anole stays hidden along the Pacific slopes of Talamanca.

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Helmeted Iguana

A dramatic helmet-shaped head rises above a perfectly still forest lizard.

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Yellow-marked Dwarf Gecko

A tiny forest-floor gecko shows how much wildlife can fit beneath a single leaf.

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Spotted Coffee Snake

A small dark snake lives within the quiet cover of forest leaves.

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