Common Name: Sea Snakes Type: Reptile Family: Hydrophiinae Range: Hydrophiinae family sea snakes are mostly confined to the warm tropical waters of the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. And few species found into Oceanic also. Sea snakes do not occur in the Atlantic Ocean and Red sea. These can be found in several parts […]
“http://www.costaricajourneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Praying_Mantis4.jpg”> Common Name: Praying Mantis Type: Insect Family: Mantidae Range: The mantis is most common in the tropics and sub tropic, but they are also available in the United State and Europe. The Praying Mantis was introduced to the United States to help control pests, but it is now very common and it is considered […]
Common Name: Walking stick insect Type: Insect Family: Phylliidae Range: Walking Sticks insect are usually found in North America, Australia, and around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe. They are plentiful in the rain forests of South America including Costa Rica, Asia, and Africa. They normally live in tropical areas and temperate regions. Common American Walking […]
Common Name: Coral Reefs Type: Invertebrate Family: Corals are sessile animals, meaning they are not movable and stay fixed in one place. Range: Corals live in tropical waters all through the world, usually close to the surface where the sun’s rays can reach the algae. The newly developed dive-site has been along the pacific coast […]
Common Name: Manta Rays Type: Fish Family: Mobulidae (manta rays) Range: It ranges throughout waters of the world, typically around coral reefs, Worldwide, particularly in tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate waters and the seas of Costa Rica. Size: The manta ray can reach an immense size of three to seven meters (with reports of large specimens […]