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    Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km...
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    wildlife of Costa Rica comprises all naturally occurring animals, fungi and plants that reside in this Central American country. Costa Rica supports an...
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    Uvita de Osa is a small town in southern Costa Rica, on a section of coastline known as the Bahía Ballena. It is notable for hosting the annual music...
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    Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living reptiles comprise...
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    official bird list published by the Costa Rican Rare Birds and Records Committee of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica (AOCR) contained 948 species as...
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    in Europe in the 18th century, Costa Rica as a country has been heralded its champion in the current times. Costa Rica hosts an astonishing number of...
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    Lachesis melanocephala (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    in Costa Rica". The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate. Retrieved 2022-09-03. Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica:...
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  • Costa Rican agriculture plays a profound part in the country's gross domestic product (GDP). It makes up about 6.5% of Costa Rica's GDP, and 14% of the...
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    Bothrops asper (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    pp. ISBN 0-8014-3624-9 Savage, Jay M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica, A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. University...
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    Deforestation is a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystems in Costa Rica. The country has a rich biodiversity with some 12,000 species of plants, 1...
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  • Urotheca myersi (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    common name]). Costa Rica: Puntarenas Province". Herpetological Review 24 (3): 111. Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna...
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    Ctenosaura similis (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    1-666 pp. (pages 273–281) Savage, Jay M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica, A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. University...
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    Pliocercus euryzonus (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    subspecies. P. euryzonus is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The Reptile Database also lists Guatemala and Peru. The...
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  • Porthidium volcanicum (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    Ujarran hognosed pitviper, is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Costa Rica. No subspecies are currently recognized. Adults of P. volcanicum are moderately...
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    Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    German). Taylor EH (1955). "Additions to the Known Herpetological Fauna of Costa Rica with Comments on Other Species. No. II". University of Kansas Science...
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    being made in Costa Rica to recondition its biodiversity and ecosystems that were affected by heavy deforestation in the 1900s. Costa Rica has six different...
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  • Costa Rica ratified the convention on 23 August 1977. It has four World Heritage Sites and one site on the tentative list. The first site in Costa Rica...
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    Ninia sebae (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    org/pages/791350/overview. Savage, Jay M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago:...
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    presidents of Costa Rica List of reptiles in Costa Rica List of soccer clubs in Costa Rica List of volcanoes in Costa Rica Topic outline of Costa Rica Luis Alberto...
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    Rhinobothryum bovallii (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    biologist Carl Bovallius. R. bovallii is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The preferred natural habitat...
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    Lachesis stenophrys (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    total length (including tail). Ditmars (1910) reported a specimen from Costa Rica that was 11 feet 4 inches (349 cm). Many accounts exist of much larger...
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  • Puerto Coyote, is a beach at San Francisco de Coyote, in the canton of Nandayure, Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica. Located on the Nicoya Peninsula, it is...
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  • Geophis godmani (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    Dipsadidae) from Central Costa Rica". Caribbean Journal of Science 51 (1): 14–19. Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between...
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    Loxopholis southi (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    (Leposoma southi, new species). Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago...
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    Bothriechis lateralis (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    Bothriechis lateralis is a venomous pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. No subspecies are currently recognized. Adult specimens...
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    Anolis aquaticus (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    of anole, a lizard in the family Dactyloidae, native to southwestern Costa Rica and far southwestern Panama. The species demonstrates adaptations that...
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    Bothriechis schlegelii (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    Dictionary of Reptiles. Elsevier. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2. Henderson, Carrol L. (30 November 2010). Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Field...
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    (35 acres), located in southern Monteverde, in the Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It has an average altitude of 1327 meters and is contiguous to the Monteverde...
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    Anolis kemptoni (category Reptiles of Costa Rica)
    genus Norops (Squamata: Polychrotidae), from the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (3): 805–809. (Norops pandoensis, new...
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    western Panama. The Costa Rican páramo includes several enclaves on the highest peaks of the Cordillera de Talamanca in eastern Costa Rica and western Panama...
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