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	<title>The Firefly Forest &#187; Costa Rican Reptiles and Amphibians</title>
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	<description>Discovering and enjoying nature - The Firefly Forest is a combination nature journal and plant and animal species identification guide</description>
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		<title>Bridled or Common House Gecko</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/04/30/bridled-or-common-house-gecko/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although they are native to southern Asia and India, Bridled House Geckos or Common House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) are now common in many tropical areas around the World. These sneaky little lizards were accidentally introduced to many other areas after they hid in cargo containers and stowed away on boats and ships. Bridled House Geckos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night Creatures in the Mangroves</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/01/06/night-creatures-in-the-mangroves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal mangrove swamps are great places to observe birds and wildlife, but since mangroves grow in or near intertidal areas, the best way to explore them is by boat. In May of 2007, my father, my cousin, and I took a nighttime boat tour of the Isla Damas mangrove swamp along the coast near Quepos, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black-speckled Palm Pitviper</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/07/03/black-speckled-palm-pitviper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black-speckled Palm Pitvipers (Bothriechis nigroviridis) are found in the cool, moist, middle and high elevation forests of Costa Rica and Panama. These arboreal vipers are not often seen because not only do they live up in the trees where they are well camouflaged among the leaves, but they also have a rather restricted range and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hourglass Treefrog</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/06/09/hourglass-treefrog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hourglass Treefrogs (Hyla ebraccata) are common, nocturnal, arboreal frogs found in lowland tropical rainforests throughout much of Central America. This boldly patterned Hourglass Treefrog was perched on a leaf outside of a restaurant in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica early one heavily overcast morning.

Hourglass Treefrogs are variegated in yellow and red-brown, and although their markings are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slender Anole</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2007/06/06/slender-anole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Slender Anole (Norops limifrons or Anolis limifrons) is one of the most common anoles of the lowland tropical rainforests of Costa Rica. Slender Anoles are usually found on vegetation in the forest understory, where they hunt for insects and other invertebrates. However, Slender Anoles are not just found on leaves and trees, and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cane Toads (Bufo marinus)</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/07/19/cane-toads-bufo-marinus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the evening sky deepened from violet to black, fireflies and Halloween Crabs were not the only nocturnal creatures to emerge on the lawns surrounding Las Caletas Lodge in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica, Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) were also regular evening visitors there.

Cane Toads are opportunistic predators and will eat whatever mouth-size prey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Iguanas</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/07/18/green-iguanas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) are the largest species of lizard in Costa Rica. These spine-crested lizards can reach up to 6.5 feet (2 m) in length and weigh up to 17.6 pounds (8 kg). This particular adult Green Iguana was not one of the largest ones that I observed, but it was the greenest adult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Rain Frog</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/07/10/common-rain-frog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Rain Frogs or Ranas de Lluvia Común (Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri) are common in the humid, lowland rainforests and lower montane forests of Costa Rica. During the daytime, Common Rain Frogs will hide under the leaf litter, but at night, these nocturnal frogs will climb onto low vegetation, where the males will start to call. Male [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four-striped Whiptails (Ameiva quadrilineata)</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/07/08/four-striped-whiptails-ameiva-quadrilineata/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four-striped Whiptail or Four-lined Ameiva (Ameiva quadrilineata) lizards are very common in the Caribbean and southern Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica. This lizard is also known as Chisbala de Cuarto Rayas in Spanish.

These relatively small, active lizards frequent open, sunny areas where they can be found exploring around on the ground for insects or sunning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cat-eyed Snake</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/06/28/cat-eyed-snake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a night hike through the Costa Rican jungle, we spotted this Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) quietly slithering through the trees.

Cat-eyed Snakes are named for their vertically elliptical pupils like those of cats, which they are able to open and contract to adjust for changing light conditions. These nocturnal snakes prefer to gorge on frog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chunk-headed Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/06/18/chunk-headed-snake-imantodes-cenchoa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2006 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As night falls in the Costa Rican jungle, Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) can be found crawling with delicate adeptness over leaves and slender branches, hoping to find an anole sleeping on a leaf.

These slender-bodied snakes are so light and careful that they don&#039;t shake the stems and wake the sleeping lizards.

Fortunately for this slumbering anole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dink Frogs</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/06/08/dink-frogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evenings in the low and middle elevation jungles of Costa Rica are filled with the bell-like calls of Dink Frogs or Common Tink Frogs (Eleutherodactylus diastema), also known as Rana Martillita in Spanish.

The calls of these frogs sound just like someone giving a loud tap to a crystal wineglass with a piece of silverware. Dink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoky Jungle Frog</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/06/02/smoky-jungle-frog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Smoky Jungle Frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) is also commonly known as the Central or South American Bullfrog or Rana Ternero in Spanish.

I spotted this one during a guided night hike through the jungle near Drake Bay in Costa Rica. We saw quite a few amphibians in the nighttime jungle, on the bushes and vines, in [...]]]></description>
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