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Costa Rica 2008 |
The purpose of this trip was to survey the Amphibians and Reptiles of Kekoldi Indigenous Reserve in the southeastern part of Limon Province. It was an excellent place to work and the people there were wonderful. I not only photographed all of the herps we found, but also got to bird watch and enjoy the company of those who helped with the project. I did bring home an unwanted guest though. Check out the links for more information about the area we surveyed. http://www.ateccr.org/index.php/tours/description/kekoldi_indigenous_reserve/ (tourist link) http://www.kekoldi.org (sometimes works and sometimes doesn't, It may have to do with donations to keep the site going????
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Northeast of San Jose |
On our way to the preserve. |
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Being dropped off at the trail head to the lodge. |
Getting our stuff together for trip up to the lodge. |
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The trails are steep and muddy. It was hard to get traction. |
I made one trip up with my stuff. It was one of the hardest hikes I had ever done. Some of the youngsters made two trips helping care stuff up. |
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The lodge. Constructed from hand cut timber from the forest. |
The lodge. |
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Our living quarters. |
Panama from the hawk tower. |
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Caribbean coast from the hawk tower. |
Me on the hawk tower. |
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Our group plus Sabastan, his wife and three of his kids. |
Playing card with the kids. |
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Looking for reptiles and amphibians. |
Seeing what we could find at the water fall. |
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Sebastan showing how to process chocolate from the beans. |
After roasting, grinding the beans. |
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Making hot chocolate from the freshly ground beans. |
It was too bitter for me. |
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So, what did we observe on this trip. |
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Archimandrita tesselata A very large cockroach. Looked like a bat flying into the lodge. |
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Copiphora hastata Cone Headed Katydid |
Unusual katydid |
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Mating long-horned beetles |
Autochton longipennis Spike banded-skipper |
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Chlosyne gaudealis Gaudy Patch |
Colobura dirce Dirce Beauty |
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Euptychia westwoodi Popular Satyr |
Heliconius erato Erato Longwing |
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Heliconius erato Erato Longwing |
Opsiphanes invirae Lowland Owlet |
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Scada zibia Zibia Clearwing |
Argia adamsi |
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Argia cupraurea |
Argia cupraurea |
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Epigomphus sp |
Hetaerina fuscoguttata |
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Heteragrion erythrogastrum |
Protoneura sulfurata |
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Uracis fastigiata |
Megaloprepus caerulatus |
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Large spider (wolf spider type) |
Phrynus sp. Tailless Whip Scorpion |
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A lot of butterflies were seen but few could be photographed. The same was true with the birds.
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Velvet Worm |
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Boat-billed flycatcher |
Collared Aracari |
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Slaty-tailed trogon |
Slaty-tailed trogon |
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Red-tailed Squirrel |
Kinkajou |
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Kinkajou |
Mexican Hairy Porcupine |
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A good variety of reptiles and amphibians were found. |
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Bufo coniferus |
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Colostethus flotator |
Colostethus talamancae |
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Dendrobates auratus |
Dendrobates auratus |
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Dendrobates pumilio |
Eleutherodactylus cerasinus |
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Eleutherodactylus diastema |
Eleutherodactylus gaigeae |
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Eleutherodactylus gollmeri |
Eleutherodactylus megacephalus |
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Eleutherodactylus megacephalus |
Eleutherodactylus polyptychus |
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Eleutherodactylus talamancae |
Leptadactylus pentadactylus |
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Hylalinobatrachium valerioi |
Hylalinobatrachium valerioi in amplexus |
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Phyllobates lugubris |
Smilisca phaeota |
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Smilisca phaeota |
Smilisca sordida |
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Smilisca sordida |
Rhinoclemmys funerea The only turtle observed on the trip. |
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Ameiva festiva |
Ameiva festiva |
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Corytophanes cristatus |
Corytophanes cristatus |
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Basilicus vittatus |
Diploglossus bilobatus |
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Diploglossus monotropis |
Diploglossus monotropis |
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Gonatodes albogularis |
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma |
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Norops biporcatus |
Norops capito |
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Norops humilis |
Norops humilis |
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Norops lemurinus |
Norops limifrons |
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Norops oxylophus |
Norops oxylophus |
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Ptycoglossus plicatus |
Sphenomorpha cherriei |
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Thecodactylus rapicauda |
Bothrops asper |
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Bothrops asper |
Boa constrictor |
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Boa constrictor |
Clelia clelia |
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Clelia clelia |
Geophis hoffmanii |
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Hydromorphus concolor |
Imatodes cenchoa |
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Imatodes cenchoa |
Lachesis stenophrys Bushmaster |
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Lachesis stenophrys Bushmaster |
Micrurus alleni |
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Oxybelis aenus |
Oxybelis aenus |
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Oxybelis brevirostris |
Oxybelis brevirostris |
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Oxyrhopus petolarius |
Porthidum nasutum |
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Porthidum nasutum |
Porthidum nasutum |
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Sibon annulatus |
Sibon annulatus |
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Trimetopon slevini |
Trimetopon slevini |
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Trimetopon slevini |
Xenodon rabdocephalus |
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Bringing all the stuff back down the hill and waiting for our ride back to San Jose. |
One last photo session before heading back. |
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| After being home for a couple of weeks, I noticed a small sore on my cheek. It turned out to be Leishmaniasis. This was not something I wanted to bring home. I didn't get rid of it until late May. If you do not know anything about this disease, check it out on the CDC website. At least 7 of us got this disease. The treatment is not fun. |  |
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