Costa Rica
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Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
acibara
Agave americana
agróstide blanca
Agrostis gigantea
agróstide común
Agrostis capillaris
cagamuja
Ricinus communis
Venado cola blanca
Odocoileus virginianus
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
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
nagapiry
Eugenia uniflora
naranja agria
Citrus aurantium
noni
Morinda citrifolia
ojitos negros
Thunbergia alata
palma africana
Elaeis guineensis
Palo De Velas
Parmentiera cereifera
Paloma doméstica
Columba livia
palo María
Calophyllum inophyllum
Papiro
Cyperus papyrus
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
pastillo-de-invierno
Poa annua
pasto limpago
Echinochloa pyramidalis
pata de gallina
Eleusine indica
pepino cimarrón
Cucumis anguria
Pino Macho
Pinus caribaea
plátano
Musa acuminata
Rana-ladrona de invernadero
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Rata Negra
Rattus rattus
Reina de las flores
Lagerstroemia speciosa
San Juan de Castillo
Urochloa reptans
serpentina-brava
Zantedeschia aethiopica
tabena
Dioscorea alata
teca
Tectona grandis
toxo
Ulex europaeus
trébol blanco
Trifolium repens
trevo-dos-prados
Trifolium pratense
tulipán africano
Spathodea campanulata
Venado cola blanca
Odocoileus virginianus
verdolaga
Portulaca oleracea
yaraguá
Hyparrhenia rufa
yerba de Natal
Melinis repens
Small carpgrass
Arthraxon hispidus
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
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
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
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
Giant Freshwater Prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Common Plume
Emmelina monodactyla
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Little fire ant
Wasmannia auropunctata
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Guinea ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Citrus leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Southern green stink bug
Nezara viridula
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
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