Mammals

With nearly 250 species of mammals the most appreciated mammalian in the country are the forest dwelling mammals and half of this are nocturnal bats. There are several species of dolphins and whale in the waters. There are anteaters that are common in the lowland and middle-elevation habitants. Bats are numerous and are found throughout the region. It also has the six endangered cat’s family. There are also the deer, manatees, monkeys, peccaries, raccoons, rodent, sloths, tapirs, weasels and other types.

Reptiles

There are 6000 reptiles’ species with mostly sharing inconspicuous color and behavior. Their heart are divided into different chambers to increase the blood pressure. Their skin is covered with scales so as to reduce the water loss from their body surfaces. It is said that their sex is largely determined by the temperature at which eggs develop in the ground. The types of the reptiles are tortoise, turtles, crocodile, lizard, and snake just to name a few.

Amphibians

There are around 175 of which 85% are frogs. Most of these are found in or around moist places and few on the land. The type of the amphibians found here are the frogs, toads and fish to name a few.

Birds

There are 894 bird species. They are one of the greatest attraction here. They are of different color from strawberry red to the iridescent jewels. They vary from range in size from the scintillate hummingbird to the huge jabiru. The macaws are the most common species here. The various types of the bird species includes hummingbird, eye popping parrots, resplendent quetzals, dazzling hummingbirds, and amazing toucans.

Insects

There are about 1251 species of butterflies and almost 8000 species of months. They are commonly seen throughout the year but the most time you get to see most of them are during the rainy season. Almost 10% of well-known butterfly are found in the Costa Rica. The butterfly bring life to the rainforest due to their beautiful variety of colors. The spiders here are poisonous in case they bite you although they are said generally to be shy unless you disturb them are inhabit their environment. There are also the centipedes and millipedes, cockroaches, caterpillars and scorpions among many more.

There are generally many ants in this region. They are everywhere and they are aggressive and may give a nasty bite.

Wild cats

There exists 5 types of the wild cat namely the Ocelots, Pumas, Jaguarundi, Margays, and Little Spotted Cats. Most of them hide on tress in the rainforest. The jaguar is the largest wild cat and grow to up to 2 meters and the little small cat is the smallest.

Costa Rica is blessed to have almost all the types’ off animals.

Ostional is one of the most remarkable places in Costa Rica because every few weeks during turtle season, thousands of Olive Ridleys invade the beaches, laying their eggs by the gazillions.

Meanwhile, the babies are hatching in even greater numbers, and dozens of tourists and nature guides are running around trying to keep the hatchlings from being run over and squashed by the egg-laden mommies.

Not far from the beautiful surf and yoga town of Nosara, Ostional is one of those places you probably saw on TV at some point in your life. Millions of kids around the world are traumatized by nature videos of these baby turtles breaking free from their eggs, struggling without air to the surface through the sand, then running a gauntlet of ravenous predators such as vultures, hawks, foxes, raccoons, and beach crabs. If they survive these terrors, they try to enter the sea, where huge waves push them back and even more hungry fish and such await with hungry jaws. We are told that only 1 in 100 baby turtles survives to adulthood. So to actually SEE this and BE HERE at Ostional is an emotionally powerful event that everyone should experience once. Of course if everyone DOES try to experience this at Ostional, there will be millions of people on the beach crushing every living thing, but my point is that seeing the running of the sea turtles at Ostional is a great experience that I recommend to those who love nature.