🦎Plumed basilisk
The plumed basilisk, also called the green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is native to Central America.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2013.
- Body mass
- 0.07 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 13 years
Everything we know about the Plumed basilisk
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.07 kgrecord 0.55 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Maximum lifespan13 yearsrecord 13 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
DietOmnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeAMBReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.25 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female0.13 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Plumed basilisk yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classSquamata
- ›familyCorytophanidae
- ›genusBasiliscus
- ›speciesBasiliscus plumifrons
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- suborderIguania
- subfamilyCorytophaninae
- genusBasiliscus
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
- suborderIguania
- subfamilyCorytophaninae
- genusBasiliscus
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