Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Castor
Ricinus communis
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
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
Coqui frog
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Coral tree
Erythrina poeppigiana
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Corn
Zea mays
Corn spurry
Spergula arvensis
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
Crabgrass
Eleusine indica
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Creeping White Clover
Trifolium repens
Crisp Pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
cup-and-saucer-vine
Cobaea scandens
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
custard-apple
Annona squamosa
Daisy-Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum maximum
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Devil's horsewhip
Achyranthes aspera
domestic goat
Capra hircus
Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera
Dudley'S Rush
Juncus tenuis
East indian crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
Edible banana
Musa acuminata
Egyptian grass
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Elastic grass
Eragrostis tenuifolia
Emperor's candlesticks
Senna alata
English Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
False stable fly
Muscina stabulans
Field mustard
Brassica rapa
Fire ant
Solenopsis geminata
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
Florida keys indian mallow
Abutilon hirtum
Florida tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii
Fly
Drosophila simulans
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Giant brake
Pteris tripartita
Giant Freshwater Prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Giant reed
Arundo donax
Giant taro
Alocasia macrorrhizos
giant tiger prawn
Penaeus monodon
Ginger
Zingiber officinale
Glenwoodgrass
Sacciolepis indica
Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
Golden shower
Cassia fistula
Golden trumpet
Allamanda cathartica
good-luck-plant
Cordyline fruticosa
Gophertail lovegrass
Eragrostis ciliaris
Green bristlegrass
Setaria viridis
Greenhouse frog
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Grey Field-speedwell
Veronica polita
Guinea ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Hairy Love Grass
Eragrostis pilosa
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
hedge euphorbia
Euphorbia neriifolia
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