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 Scientific Name Central American Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus Water Opossum Chironectes minimus Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus Hoffman’s Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni Nine-Banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Silky Anteater Cyclopes didactylus Northern Tamandua Tamandua mexicana Spix’s Disk-Winged Bat Uroderma bilobatum Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus Fisherman Bat Noctilio leporinus Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata Central American Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi White-Faced Capuchin Cebus capucinus Ocelot Leopardus pardalis Margay Eira barbara Neotropical River Otter Lutra longicaudis Long-Tailed Weasel Mustela frenata Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk Conepatus semistriatus White-Nosed Coati Nasua narica Kinkajou Potos flavus Olingo Bassaricyon gabbii Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor Collared Peccary Tayassu tajacu Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides Mexican Porcupine Coendou mexicanus Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis Selva Verde Lodge Holbrook Travel Chilamate, Sarapiqui 3540 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32609 Costa Rica, Central America Toll Free: 800-451-7111 Phone 506-766-6800 Phone: 352-377-7111 Fauna of Selva Verde Lodge Reptiles Common Name Scientific Name Mussurana Clelia maculata Brown Vine snake Oxybelis aeneus Green Vine Snake Oxybelis fulgidus Cat-Eyed Snake Leptodeira septentrionalis Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor False Fer-De-Lance Xenodon rabdocephalus False Coral Erythrolamprus mimus Speckled Racer Drymobius margaritiferus Fer-De-Lance Bothrops asper Eyelash Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis schlegelii Central American Coral Snake Micrurus nigrocinctus Rainforest Hog Nosed Pit Viper Porthidiun nasutum Bushmaster Lachesis muta muta Spectacle Caiman Caiman crocodilus Green Iguana Iguana iguana Green Basilisk Basiliscus plumitrons Casque-Headed Lizard Corytophanes cristatus Central American Whiptail Ameiva festiva Common Brown Anole Norops polylepis Humble Anole Norops humilis Bronze Backed Climbing Skink Mabuya unimarginata Amphibians Common Name Scientific Name Gaudy Leaf Frog Agalychnis callidryas Gladiator Frog Hyla rosenbergi Yellow Tree Frog Hyla phlebodes Reticulated Glass Frog Hyalinobatrachium valerioi Limon Giant Glass Frog Centrolene ilex Leaf Litter Toad Bufo haematiticus Cane Toad Bufo marinus Green and Black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus Blue Jeans Frog Dendrobates pumilio Common Dink Frog Eleutherodactylus diastema Bransford’s Litter Frog Eleutherodactylus bransfordii Mimicking Rain Frog Eleutherodactylus mimus Common Rain Frog Eleutherodactylus fitzingeri Brilliant Forest Frog Rana warschewitschii Web-Footed Frog Rana palmipes Smoky Jungle Frog Leptodactylus pentadactylus Cutter Ants Common Name Scientific Name Leaf cutting ant Atta cephalotes Leaf cutting ant Atta colombica Leaf cutting ant Acromyrmex vulcano Selva Verde Lodge Holbrook Travel Chilamate, Sarapiqui 3540 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32609 Costa Rica, Central America Toll Free: 800-451-7111 Phone 506-766-6800 Phone: 352-377-7111 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 Holbrook Travel Chilamate, Sarapiqui 3540 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL 32609 Costa Rica, Central America Toll Free: 800-451-7111 Phone 506-766-6800 Phone: 352-377-7111.