Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
aloé-dos-cem-anos
Agave americana
bafureira
Ricinus communis
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
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
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
Common Diadem
Hypolimnas misippus
Johnstone's Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Guinea ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Citrus leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Southern green stink bug
Nezara viridula
Greenhouse frog
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
False stable fly
Muscina stabulans
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Pomace fly
Drosophila melanogaster
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
Coffee berry borer
Hypothenemus hampei
Horn fly
Haematobia irritans
Fly
Drosophila simulans
Madeira cockroach
Rhyparobia maderae
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
Coqui frog
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Moth fly
Psychoda alternata
pear cone
Conus patricius
giant tiger prawn
Penaeus monodon
Indian House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
Brown twig beetle
Xylosandrus morigerus
Ant
Cardiocondyla obscurior
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Crisp Pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Common sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Carpenter Weed
Prunella vulgaris
Common Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Bright-Blue Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Grey Field-speedwell
Veronica polita
Common Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Dudley'S Rush
Juncus tenuis
Common Woodrush
Luzula campestris
Least Hop Clover
Trifolium dubium
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Bending Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Annual Knawel
Scleranthus annuus
Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
Mat-Grass
Nardus stricta
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