Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Striped basilisk ORDER - SAURIA FAMILY - Corytophanidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Basiliscus vittatus REFERENCES - 5 and 1 District Reference Toledo, Belize 1 Belize, Belize 2 Corozal, Belize 2 Orange Walk, Belize 2 Cayo, Belize 2 Stann Creek, Belize 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 1 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 2 Government land 2 Shipstern Nature Reserve 2 Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 2 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 2 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 2 Gallon Jug 2 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 2 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Privat 2 Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve 2 Hidden Valley & Falls (Bull Run) 2 Slate Creek Preserve 2 Manatee Forest Reserve 2 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 2 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 2 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 2 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 2 Bladen Nature Reserve 2 Columbia River Forest Reserve 2 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Wet season 3 Chiquibul National Park Wet season 3 Turneffe Reef Wet season 4 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 3 Cox's Lagoon 2 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 2 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 3 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 2 17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00' 4 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 General Distribution Comments 3* Guacamallo Bridge References 1 Matola, S., 1990. The Dolores Expedition, January 27 - February 3, 1990. Unpublished report. 2 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 3 Barlow, S. C., G. B. Caddick. 1989. Report on the Status of the Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, in Belize, Central America. Unpublished report. 4 Platt, S. G. 1994. Checklist of Fauna Recorded During Crocodile Surveys of Turneffe Atoll. Unpub. checklist. 5 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
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01/19/98