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
Honeyweed
Leonurus japonicus
Horn fly
Haematobia irritans
Horseradish tree
Moringa oleifera
House cricket
Acheta domesticus
House fly
Musca domestica
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
'Ihi
Oxalis corniculata
Indian House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
Indian mulberry
Morinda citrifolia
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Japanese mazus
Mazus pumilus
Jaraguagrass
Hyparrhenia rufa
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Johnstone's Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
Key lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
Kleberg's bluestem
Dichanthium annulatum
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Least Hop Clover
Trifolium dubium
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Little fire ant
Wasmannia auropunctata
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
Littleseed canarygrass
Phalaris minor
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
Long lovegrass
Eragrostis elongata
mabola-tree
Diospyros blancoi
Madagascar periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus
Madeira cockroach
Rhyparobia maderae
Malabar plum
Syzygium jambos
Malaysian apple
Syzygium malaccense
Mango
Mangifera indica
Manila grass
Zoysia matrella
Manila-hemp
Musa textilis
Mat-Grass
Nardus stricta
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
Molassesgrass
Melinis minutiflora
Montbretia
Crocosmia crocosmiiflora
Moth fly
Psychoda alternata
Mule's-foot fern
Angiopteris evecta
Nakedstem dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
Oil palm
Elaeis guineensis
Okinawa Torch
Musa coccinea
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
pagoda-flower
Clerodendrum paniculatum
Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera punctatissima
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
Para grass
Urochloa mutica
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
peacock-flower
Tigridia pavonia
pear cone
Conus patricius
Peregrina
Jatropha integerrima
pharaoh ant
Monomorium pharaonis
Philippine Waxflower
Etlingera elatior
Pink velvet banana
Musa velutina
Pink woodsorrel
Oxalis debilis
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Pomace fly
Drosophila melanogaster
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