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Delicate Ameiva

Holcosus leptophrys

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 90, February 65, March 86, April 83, May 66, June 62, July 63, August 60, September 22, October 18, November 34, December 58.
Costa Rica707
Provincia Puntarenas636
Panama136
Provincia de Coclé45
Provincia San José41
Colón Province38
Provincia de Panamá24
Provincia Alajuela15
Colombia13
Chocó13

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyWhiptails and Tegus · Teiidae
GenusNorthwestern Ameivas · Holcosus

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