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Basiliscus basiliscus 133120155🦎

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SpeciesCorytophanidae
Reptiles

🦎Common basilisk

Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Der Helmbasilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) ist eine Art der Basilisken in der Familie der Corytophanidae. Er ist zwischen Costa Rica und Nordwestkolumbien verbreitet.

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≈ 1/110th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.55 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
9 years
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Everything we know about the Common basilisk

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Body mass
0.55 kgmaximum recorded
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Maximum lifespan
9 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Omnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Foraging mode
AMB
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Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.25 mmaximum recorded
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By sex

  • Female0.16 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common basilisk yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyCorytophanidae
  5. ›genusBasiliscus
  6. ›speciesBasiliscus basiliscus
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. suborderIguania
  3. subfamilyCorytophaninae
  4. genusBasiliscus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. suborderIguania
  12. subfamilyCorytophaninae
  13. genusBasiliscus
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Sisakos baziliszkusz (hu), basilisc comú (ca), Helmbasilisk (de), Basiliscus basiliscus (es), Basiliscus basiliscus (fr), בסיליסק מצוי (he) … and 13 more languages
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