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Common Basilisk

Basiliscus basiliscus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 532, February 632, March 704, April 390, May 297, June 335, July 301, August 204, September 133, October 112, November 215, December 335.
Costa Rica4,190
Provincia Puntarenas3,636
Panama1,601
Colombia560
Provincia de Panamá493
Colón Province381
Provincia de Coclé249
Provincia Guanacaste238
Antioquia204
Provincia San José196

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Classification

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

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