Zacatán's Flora & Fauna:

Complete inventories of extant vegetation and faunal communities are planned, but have not yet been carried out (hint, hint...any interested grad students?).  Any future inventories of resident animals will certainly include the following species that currently frequent the reserve: howler monkeys, white-faced capuchin monkeys, white-tailed deer, green iguanas, spiny iguanas (Ctenosaurs) and boa constrictors.  There are dozens of bird species that inhabit the reserve, including Pacific green parakeets, oropendulas, white-throated magpie jays, mot mots, parrots, woodpeckers, etc.  The butterflys in the reserve are also impressive, boasting the spectacular blue morpho as one of its transient residents.  A preliminary list of tree species is available, albeit woefully incomplete.

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) juvenile

Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)

A selection of the tree species found in Zacatán:

species	family	common name
Spondias mombin	Anacardiaceae	Jobo
Spondias purpurea	Anacardiaceae	Jocote
Plumeria rubra	Apocynaceae	Sacuanjoche
Crescentia alata	Bignoniaceae	Jícaro
Tabebuia chrysanta	Bignoniaceae	Cortez
Tabebuia rosea	Bignoniaceae	Roble
Cochlospermum vitifolium	Bixaceae	Poro-poro
Bombacopsis quinatum	Bombacaceae	Pochote
Ceiba pentandra	Bombacaceae	Ceibo, Ceiba
Cordia alliodora	Boraginaceae	Laurel, Laurel Negro
Bursera simaruba	Burseraceae	Jiñote
Acacia collinsii	Fabaceae	Cornisuelo
Acacia farnesiana	Fabaceae	Espino Blanco
Albizia saman	Fabaceae	Genízaro
Diphysa americana	Fabaceae	Guachipilín
Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Fabaceae	Guanacaste
Gliricidia sepium	Fabaceae	Madero Negro
Hymenaea courbaril	Fabaceae	Guapinol
Cedrela odorata	Meliaceae	Cedro, Spanish cedar
Switenia humilis	Meliaceae	Caoba, mahogany
Ficus costaricana	Moraceae	Chilamate
Cecropia peltata	Moraceae	Guarumo, trumpet tree
Karwinskia calderonii	Rhamnaceae	Huilihuiste
Guazumo ulmifolia	Seterculiaceae	Guacimo