I caught a ctenosaur again… this time, a bit less dangerous.

In buckets along drift nets Mahmood has established, we retrieve several species of anuran.  The sheep frog Hypopachus variolosus (a new FAMILY of frog for me: Microhylidae) below is by far the most unique and bizarre. 

This Painted Wood Turtle was a pretty sweet find… especially because I found two of them.  They are absolutely beautiful and, according to Savage (the gigantic herp book for Costa Rica), they are commonly kept as pets.  I was seriously tempted to do so, since I haven’t had much turtle interaction in a while.  I think the sole reason I didn’t was because I don’t have a tank or other container… maybe I could just let it wander around in my bedroom.

The majority of the anoles here seem to be Norops cupreus. In fact, I have yet to see another species, although I haven’t identified all individuals that I’ve caught given that some of the are females or juveniles, which makes them more difficult to identify.

He appears to be lost.