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Brown Basilisk

Basiliscus vittatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 163, February 204, March 386, April 571, May 516, June 433, July 415, August 389, September 332, October 329, November 268, December 207.
Mexico4,213
United States3,717
Costa Rica1,470
Quintana Roo1,447
Provincia Limón828
Chiapas604
Yucatan531
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave505
Guatemala367
Provincia Heredia338

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyHelmeted Lizards · Corytophanidae
GenusBasilisks · Basiliscus

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