Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Ecoregions
Cocos Island moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Talamancan montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Central American dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
All Species in Costa Rica
Vasey's grass
Paspalum urvillei
Para grass
Urochloa mutica
Arrowleaf elephant's ear
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
Quito-orange
Solanum quitoense
West indian gherkin
Cucumis anguria
casabanana
Sicana odorifera
mabola-tree
Diospyros blancoi
Redflower ragleaf
Crassocephalum crepidioides
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Buddha's hand
Alocasia cucullata
pagoda-flower
Clerodendrum paniculatum
Red ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Manila-hemp
Musa textilis
Japanese mazus
Mazus pumilus
African signalgrass
Urochloa arrecta
wire crabgrass
Digitaria longiflora
Florida tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii
Chamber bitter
Phyllanthus urinaria
Sanchezia
Sanchezia parvibracteata
Bamboo orchid
Arundina graminifolia
peacock-flower
Tigridia pavonia
Florida keys indian mallow
Abutilon hirtum
Mule's-foot fern
Angiopteris evecta
armgrass millet
Urochloa subquadripara
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
East indian crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
Kleberg's bluestem
Dichanthium annulatum
Long lovegrass
Eragrostis elongata
Giant brake
Pteris tripartita
Wild hops
Flemingia strobilifera
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Small carpgrass
Arthraxon hispidus
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
wild boar
Sus scrofa
black rat
Rattus rattus
Cabbage Moth
Plutella xylostella
pharaoh ant
Monomorium pharaonis
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera
Bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
House cricket
Acheta domesticus
House fly
Musca domestica
Fire ant
Solenopsis geminata
domestic goat
Capra hircus
brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera punctatissima
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