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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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The Black Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum gaigae) is a Central American species of Milk Snake found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. The young
Black Milk Snakes are patterned, but as the animal matures it becomes completely black in colour.
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The bushmaster (Lachesis mutus) is a Central American poisonous snake of the pit viper family found from Costa Rica and Trinidad to eastern Brazil in humid forest regions. It has dark rhombi on a dull reddish or yellowish background and grows to almost four metres long. The bushmaster is unique among the American pit vipers in laying eggs.
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The Honduran Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis) is an American species of Milk snake occurring in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica and first described in 1978 and reaching about 108 cm in length. The Honduran Milk Snake often occurs in a brilliant orange colour with black and yellow bands, leading to its alternative name of the 'Tangerine Milk Snake'.
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The Mona Lisa is a new variety of banana that has a nice fruity flavour and is grown in Costa Rica. The skin is thicker and softer than the Cavendish's and even when the fruit looks bruised and has dark patches, the fruit inside is still firm and undamaged. Mona Lisa ripens differently than the popular Cavendish dessert banana. The fruit is sweetest when completely ripe - that is, yellow from tip to tip with no green showing.
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Stuart's Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum stuarti) is a species of Milk snake described in 1978 and distinguished by a white coloured 'V' marking on the black coloured snout. Stuart's Milk Snake occurs in the dry forests and coastal plains of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and north-west Costa Rica.
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The Chontals are an ancient people of Central America formerly widespread through Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica they are now found only in north-eastern Nicaragua.
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The Talamancans are a group of allied aboriginal people of Central America, including the Atlantic Tiribri, Atlantic Bribri and the Pacific Boruca. They were formerly dominant in Costa Rica and Panama.
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CR is an abbreviation for Carriage Return
CR is an abbreviation for Carrier's Risk
CR is an abbreviation for Cathode Ray
CR is an abbreviation for Change Request
CR is an abbreviation for Channel Register
CR is an abbreviation for Class Rate
CR is an abbreviation for Conditioned Reflex
CR is an abbreviation for Conditioned Response
CR is an abbreviation for Continuous Rod
CR is an abbreviation for Cost Reimbursement
CR is an abbreviation for Costa Rica
CR is an abbreviation for Current Rate
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Arenal is a volcano in Costa Rica.
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