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The golden toad,
discovered in1964 in the Monteverde park, was only known to exist in this
area. No one has sighted a Sapo Dorado since 1989, and it is believed to
be extinct. The females are yellow, black and red, and the males are a
golden-orange colour, the reason for their name. A lot of the Costa Rican
frogs are so specialized, they have learned to survive in the canopies of
trees by using the water that's deposited in bromeliads and tree trunks.
This way, they don't have to descend to the ground and risk being attacked
by predators or of their tadpoles being eaten by fish. http://www.costarica-homeschool.com/cw/frogsandsnakes.html
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Golden Toads - Picture from the web |
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 Stained glass in Reception |
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 Beautiful Irid in the garden |
 Closer views |
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Elaine and Gerry's bungalow |
 Hummingbird PC |
We saw lots of birds at breakfast time, toucanettes, tanagers, hummingbirds and many varieties of flycatchers |
