CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Research -- Education -- Preservation -- Conservation -- Nature Tourism -- GEOGRAPHY -- BIOGEOGRAPHY -- ENDEMIC SPECIES -- Endemic Wildlife of the Highlands -- Endemic Species of the Southern Pacific Lowlands -- Endemic Species of Cocos Island -- MAJOR BIOLOGICAL ZONES -- Tropical Dry Forest -- Southern Pacific Lowlands -- Central Plateau (Central Valley) -- Caribbean Lowlands -- Highlands -- Coastal Beaches, Islands, and Mangrove Lagoons -- WILDLIFE OVERVIEW AND SPECIES COVERAGE -- Series Coverage -- Species Accounts -- Photography -- MAMMALS SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- OPOSSUM FAMILY (Didelphidae) -- SHEATH-TAILED BAT FAMILY (Emballonuridae) -- LEAF-NOSED BAT FAMILY (Phyllostomidae) -- NEW WORLD MONKEY FAMILY (Cebidae) -- ANTEATER FAMILY (Myrmecophagidae) -- SLOTH FAMILY (Bradypodidae) -- ARMADILLO FAMILY (Dasypodidae) -- SQUIRREL FAMILY (Sciuridae) -- PORCUPINE FAMILY (Erethizontidae) -- PACA FAMILY (Cuniculidae) -- AGOUTI FAMILY (Dasyproctidae) -- DOG FAMILY (Canidae) -- WEASEL FAMILY (Mustelidae) -- RACCOON FAMILY (Procyonidae) -- CAT FAMILY (Felidae) -- PECCARY FAMILY (Tayassuidae) -- DEER FAMILY (Cervidae) -- TAPIR FAMILY (Tapiridae) -- BALEEN WHALE FAMILY (Balaenopteridae) -- AMPHIBIANS SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- TOAD FAMILY (Bufonidae) -- GLASS FROG FAMILY (Centrolenidae) -- CRAUGASTORID FROG FAMILY (Craugastoridae, formerly Leptodactylidae) -- POISON DART FROG FAMILY (Dendrobatidae) -- TREE FROG FAMILY (Hylidae) -- LEOPARD FROG FAMILY (Ranidae) -- REPTILES SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- IGUANA FAMILY (Iguanidae) -- ANOLE FAMILY (Polychrotidae) -- SPINY LIZARD FAMILY (Phrynosomatidae) -- WHIPTAIL FAMILY (Teiidae) -- GECKO FAMILY (Gekkonidae) -- SKINK FAMILY (Scincidae) -- DWARF BOA FAMILY (Loxocemidae) -- CONSTRICTOR FAMILY (Boidae).

COLUBRID SNAKE FAMILY (Colubridae) -- CORAL SNAKE FAMILY (Elapidae) -- VIPER FAMILY (Viperidae) -- MUD TURTLE FAMILY (Kinosternidae) -- HARD-SHELLED SEA TURTLE FAMILY (Cheloniidae) -- LEATHERBACK TURTLE FAMILY (Dermochelyidae) -- SEMIAQUATIC POND TURTLE FAMILY (Emydidae) -- CROCODILE FAMILY (Crocodylidae) -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A: COSTA RICAN CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH STATIONS, BIRDING GROUPS, AND BIRD INFORMATION SOURCES -- APPENDIX B: WILDLIFE TOURISM SITES AND FIELD STATIONS OF COSTA RICA -- APPENDIX C: COSTA RICAN TRIP PREPARATION CHECKLIST -- APPENDIX D: TRAVEL TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL WILDLIFE VIEWING TRIP IN COSTA RICA -- About the Author -- INDEX.