It is illegal to collect ANY wild herp in Costa RIca.



Currently there is only 1 authorized exporter in Costa Rica...they do not breed amphibs. I recently ran across Phyllobates vittatus from a captive breeder inquiring about their origin, to verify they are in fact vittatus, as this species is only found around the Osa Peninsula region.



The only way, they could LEGALLY have come out of Costa Rica, would've been via a scientific collecting trip(ie, zoo) or smuggled into Panama (or out of Costa Rica directly).

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• costa rica dendrobate collecting and export laws as well as U.S. import laws. - BigR420, Thu Aug 12 00:30:32 2004
• Your best bet would be Panama. - Matt Harris, Sun Aug 15 15:34:10 2004
• Don't think that'll work either - TJP, Sun Aug 15 17:59:40 2004
• Interesting...send me the link or info - Matt Harris, Mon Aug 16 12:37:26 2004
• Crap, you had to ask didn't ya? - TJP, Mon Aug 16 13:47:26 2004
• RE: Crap, you had to ask didn't ya? - BigR420, Thu Aug 19 10:25:47 2004
• RE: Crap, you had to ask didn't ya? - TJP, Thu Aug 19 14:01:50 2004
• I hadn't heard about that. - Matt Harris, Sat Aug 21 08:26:49 2004
• RE: costa rica dendrobate collecting and export laws as well as U.S. import laws. - garterkeeper, Sat Oct 23 11:54:26 2004