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Curu National Wildlife Reserve
Size:
84 hectares.
Distance from San José: 151 kilometers.
Trails: Yes.
Dry Season: January through March. |
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| Curu Refuge is located in the
lovely region of Nicoya Guanacaste. Despite its small size,
it houses a great variety of both terrestrial and marine biodiversity. |
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The existing habitats include
semi-deciduous forest with a mixture of evergreen and semi-deciduous
species, low growing forest near the beach, mangrove swamps and
littoral woodland. Some of the larges trees in these forest
are the silk cotton, the Panama and the redwood. |
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| Mammals that can be seen in both
the refuge and the neighboring forests include the white-tailed
deer, raccoons, pacas, opossums, monkeys, coyotes and coaties.
There's also a lot of species of lizards, the most common is the
ctenosaur, the green iguana and boa constrictor. Birds can
also be found here in abundance, such species like the laughing
falcon, broad-winged hawk and the cattle egret are a common sight. |
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Aquatic life include nocturnal
hermit crabs, which are very numerous on the beach and on land.
There is an almost extinct species of oyster (Ocypode occidentalis)
can be found here, as well as lobsters, chitons and mouthless
crabs. |
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