Fauna of Selva Verde Lodge
Fauna List for the Sarapiquí Area
(Note: This is not an exhaustive list of species to be found in this area, however it gives you a good
idea of the immense diversity to found in and near the Selva Verde Rainforest Preserve.)
Mammals
Common Name
Central American Woolly Opossum
Water Opossum
Common Opossum
Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth
Hoffman’s Two-Toed Sloth
Nine-Banded Armadillo
Silky Anteater
Northern Tamandua
Spix’s Disk-Winged Bat
Honduran White Bat
Common Vampire Bat
Fisherman Bat
Mantled Howler Monkey
Central American Spider Monkey
White-Faced Capuchin
Ocelot
Margay
Neotropical River Otter
Long-Tailed Weasel
Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk
White-Nosed Coati
Kinkajou
Olingo
Northern Raccoon
Collared Peccary
Variegated Squirrel
Mexican Porcupine
Central American Agouti
Forest Rabbit
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Scientific Name
Caluromys derbianus
Chironectes minimus
Didelphis marsupialis
Bradypus variegatus
Choloepus hoffmanni
Dasypus novemcinctus
Cyclopes didactylus
Tamandua mexicana
Uroderma bilobatum
Ectophylla alba
Desmodus rotundus
Noctilio leporinus
Alouatta palliata
Ateles geoffroyi
Cebus capucinus
Leopardus pardalis
Eira barbara
Lutra longicaudis
Mustela frenata
Conepatus semistriatus
Nasua narica
Potos flavus
Bassaricyon gabbii
Procyon lotor
Tayassu tajacu
Sciurus variegatoides
Coendou mexicanus
Dasyprocta punctata
Sylvilagus brasiliensis
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Fauna of Selva Verde Lodge
Reptiles
Common Name
Mussurana
Brown Vine snake
Green Vine Snake
Cat-Eyed Snake
Boa Constrictor
False Fer-De-Lance
False Coral
Speckled Racer
Fer-De-Lance
Eyelash Palm Pit Viper
Central American Coral Snake
Rainforest Hog Nosed Pit Viper
Bushmaster
Spectacle Caiman
Green Iguana
Green Basilisk
Casque-Headed Lizard
Central American Whiptail
Common Brown Anole
Humble Anole
Bronze Backed Climbing Skink
Scientific Name
Clelia maculata
Oxybelis aeneus
Oxybelis fulgidus
Leptodeira septentrionalis
Boa constrictor
Xenodon rabdocephalus
Erythrolamprus mimus
Drymobius margaritiferus
Bothrops asper
Bothriechis schlegelii
Micrurus nigrocinctus
Porthidiun nasutum
Lachesis muta muta
Caiman crocodilus
Iguana iguana
Basiliscus plumitrons
Corytophanes cristatus
Ameiva festiva
Norops polylepis
Norops humilis
Mabuya unimarginata
Amphibians
Common Name
Gaudy Leaf Frog
Gladiator Frog
Yellow Tree Frog
Reticulated Glass Frog
Limon Giant Glass Frog
Leaf Litter Toad
Cane Toad
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
Blue Jeans Frog
Common Dink Frog
Bransford’s Litter Frog
Mimicking Rain Frog
Common Rain Frog
Brilliant Forest Frog
Web-Footed Frog
Smoky Jungle Frog
Scientific Name
Agalychnis callidryas
Hyla rosenbergi
Hyla phlebodes
Hyalinobatrachium valerioi
Centrolene ilex
Bufo haematiticus
Bufo marinus
Dendrobates auratus
Dendrobates pumilio
Eleutherodactylus diastema
Eleutherodactylus bransfordii
Eleutherodactylus mimus
Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri
Rana warschewitschii
Rana palmipes
Leptodactylus pentadactylus
Cutter Ants
Common Name
Leaf cutting ant
Leaf cutting ant
Leaf cutting ant
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Chilamate, Sarapiqui
Costa Rica, Central America
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Scientific Name
Atta cephalotes
Atta colombica
Acromyrmex vulcano
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Fauna of Selva Verde Lodge
Butterflies
Scientific Name
Morpho peleides limpida
Morpho amathonte
Caligo eurilochus sulanus
Hamadryas amphinome mexicana
Hamadryas laodamia saurites
Historis odius
Caligo atreus dionysos
Myscelia cyaniris cyaniris
Catonephele numilia esite
Catonephele mexicana
Siproeta epaphus
Siproeta stelenes biplagiata
Anartia fatima
Taygetis andromeda
Mechanitis polymnia isthmia
Chlosyne janais
Pierella helvetia incanescens
Papilio anchisiades idaeus
Papilio thoas nealces
Battus polydamas
Parides childrenae
Parides iphidamas
Phoebis philea
Archaeoprepona meander amphimachus
Danaus plexippus
Danaus gilippus thersippus
Heliconius erato petiverana
Heliconius doris
Heliconius hecale zuleika
Heliconius cydno chioneus
Agraulis vanillae
Eueides isabella
Selva Verde Lodge
Chilamate, Sarapiqui
Costa Rica, Central America
Phone 506-766-6800
Holbrook Travel
3540 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32609
Toll Free: 800-451-7111
Phone: 352-377-7111