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Taxonomy of the family Corytophanidae
Bibliography of the genus Basiliscus
Biodiversity of the family Corytophanidae








Genus
Basiliscus

Typical Basilisks

Eigentliche Basilisken

Egentlige Basilisker

1768 Basiliscus Laurenti (type species: Basiliscus americanus Laurenti 1768)
1828 Corythaeolus Kaup (type species: Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann 1828; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1830 Oedicoryphus Wagler (type species: Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann 1828; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1845 Thysanodactylus Gray (type species: Ophryoessa bilineata Gray 1839; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1852 Cristasaura Gray (type species: Cristasaura mitrella Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1852 Lophosaura Gray (type species: Lophosaura goodridgii Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1852 Ptenosaura Gray (type species: Ptenosaura seemanni Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1854 Craneosaura Gray (type species: Ptenosaura seemanni Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1860 Daconura Hallowell (type species: Daconura bivittata Hallowell 1860; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1867 Paraloma Cope (type species: Daconura bivittata Hallowell 1860; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1893 Dactylocalotes Werner (type species: Dactylocalotes elisa Werner 1893; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
Contents: 4 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Mexico, Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Barbareta, Cayos Cochinos (Cayo Cochino Major, Cayo Cochino Pequeño), Guanaja, Roatan, Utila]), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo [incl. Cozumel], Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Basiliscus basiliscus

Common Basilisk, Helmeted Basilisk, (Brown Basilisk)

Helmbasilisk

Brun Basilisk

1758 Lacerta basiliscus Linnaeus
Basiliscus basiliscus Wagler 1830
1768 Basiliscus americanus Laurenti (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1802 Basiliscus mitratus Daudin [substitute name for Lacerta basiliscus Linnaeus 1758] (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1839 Ophryoessa bilineata Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1852 Lophosaura goodridgii Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1876 Basiliscus guttulatus Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1914 Basiliscus barbouri Ruthven (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
Basiliscus basiliscus barbouri Maturana 1962

Introduced to: Guyana, USA (Florida).
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.


Basiliscus basiliscus
© Henrik Bringsøe

Basiliscus galeritus

Western Basilisk, Red-headed Basilisk

Ecuadorbasilisk

Vestlig Basilisk

1851 Basiliscus galeritus Dumeril
1852 Ptenosaura seemanni Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)

Remarks: Records from Costa Rica refer to basiliscus (Savage 2002).
Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Panama.


Basiliscus plumifrons

Plumed Basilisk, Double-crested Basilisk, Green Basilisk, Crested Basilisk, Green Crested Basilisk

Stirnlappenbasilisk, Federbuschbasilisk

Grøn Basilisk, Dobbeltkammet Basilisk

1876 Basiliscus plumifrons Cope

Distribution: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.


Basiliscus plumifrons
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Basiliscus vittatus

Banded Basilisk, Striped Basilisk, (Brown Basilisk)

Streifenbasilisk

Stribet Basilisk

1828 Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann
1852 Cristasaura mitrella Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1860 Daconura bivittata Hallowell (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1862 Basiliscus nuchalis Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)
1893 Dactylocalotes elisa Werner (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970)

Remarks: Records from Tamaulipas are regarded as erroneous (Farr, Lavín Murcio & Lazcano 2007).
Introduced to: USA (Florida).
Distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Barbareta, Cayos Cochinos (Cayo Cochino Major, Cayo Cochino Pequeño), Guanaja, Roatan, Utila]), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo [incl. Cozumel], Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama.


Basiliscus vittatus
© Henrik Bringsøe