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The striped basilisk is a lizard species belonging to the phylum Chordata and class Reptilia, within the family Corytophanidae. Its natural habitat extends along the Pacific slopes from southwestern Nicaragua in Central America to northwestern Colombia in South America. These animals are among the most commonly encountered large lizard species in western Costa Rica. Ecologically, they exhibit concentrated populations at elevations between 0 and 600 meters, primarily in lowland dry and moist fore