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Aphonopelma seemanni, the Costa Rican zebra tarantula, also known as the striped-knee tarantula, is a species of tarantula inhabiting most of western Costa Rica and other parts of Central America, such as Honduras and Nicaragua, and possibly Guatemala. [1]
Seven of the Costa Rican species are considered endemic, and 19 are globally threatened. Costa Rica's birds range in size from the scintillant hummingbird, at 2.2 grams and 6 cm (2.4 in), to the huge jabiru, at 6.5 kg (14.3 lb) and 150 cm (60 in) (the American white pelican is heavier, but is an accidental species).
Solanum wendlandii, the giant potato creeper, potato vine, Costa Rican nightshade, divorce vine, or paradise flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and northwest South America, and has been widely introduced as an ornamental to other tropical locales, including the Caribbean ...
Sericopelma angustum (Valerio, 1980) - Costa Rica; Sericopelma commune F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 - Panama; Sericopelma dota Valerio, 1980 - Costa Rica; Sericopelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) - Panama; Sericopelma fallax Mello-Leitão, 1923 - Brazil; Sericopelma ferrugineum Valerio, 1980 - Costa Rica; Sericopelma generala Valerio ...
Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree [2] is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m (98 ft) and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm (3 ft).
Conchylodes ovulalis, the zebra conchylodes moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. [ 1 ] It is found from the United States, where it has been recorded from Pennsylvania to Florida , west to Arizona , [ 2 ] south through Mexico and Costa Rica [ 3 ] to Colombia .
Aphelochaeta zebra is a species of bitentaculate cirratulidan first found in the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, at a coral reef in Golfo Dulce. It is characterised by possessing an expanded posterior end and by its darkly-staining intersegmental regions (via methyl green staining).
Anthurium schlechtendalii is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. [1] It is a large herbaceous plant with white aerial roots, dark green leaves, and a dark purple bract. Its fruits have a similar appearance to small red berries when ripe. A. schlechtendalii lives in wet forests, rocky hillsides or outcrops on trees. [2]