Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Basiliscus
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Typical Basilisks
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Eigentliche Basilisken
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Egentlige Basilisker
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1768 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus Laurenti (type species: Basiliscus americanus Laurenti 1768) |
1828 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Corythaeolus Kaup (type species: Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann 1828; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1830 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Oedicoryphus Wagler (type species: Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann 1828; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1845 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Thysanodactylus Gray (type species: Ophryoessa bilineata Gray 1839; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1852 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Cristasaura Gray (type species: Cristasaura mitrella Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1852 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Lophosaura Gray (type species: Lophosaura goodridgii Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1852 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Ptenosaura Gray (type species: Ptenosaura seemanni Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1854 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Craneosaura Gray (type species: Ptenosaura seemanni Gray 1852; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1860 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Daconura Hallowell (type species: Daconura bivittata Hallowell 1860; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1867 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Paraloma Cope (type species: Daconura bivittata Hallowell 1860; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1893 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
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.
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Basiliscus basiliscus
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Common Basilisk, Helmeted Basilisk, (Brown Basilisk)
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Helmbasilisk
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Brun Basilisk
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1758 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Lacerta basiliscus Linnaeus |
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Basiliscus basiliscus Wagler 1830 |
1768 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus americanus Laurenti (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1802 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus mitratus Daudin [substitute name for Lacerta basiliscus Linnaeus 1758] (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1839 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Ophryoessa bilineata Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1852 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Lophosaura goodridgii Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1876 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus guttulatus Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1914 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus barbouri Ruthven (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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Basiliscus basiliscus barbouri Maturana 1962 |
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Introduced to:
Guyana,
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Venezuela.
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Basiliscus basiliscus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Basiliscus galeritus
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Western Basilisk, Red-headed Basilisk
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Ecuadorbasilisk
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Vestlig Basilisk
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1851 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus galeritus Dumeril |
1852 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Ptenosaura seemanni Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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Remarks:
Records from Costa Rica refer to basiliscus (Savage 2002).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Panama.
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Basiliscus galeritus
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Basiliscus plumifrons
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Plumed Basilisk, Double-crested Basilisk, Green Basilisk, Crested Basilisk, Green Crested Basilisk
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Stirnlappenbasilisk, Federbuschbasilisk
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Grøn Basilisk, Dobbeltkammet Basilisk
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1876 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus plumifrons Cope |
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Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Basiliscus plumifrons
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Basiliscus vittatus
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Banded Basilisk, Striped Basilisk, (Brown Basilisk)
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Streifenbasilisk
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Stribet Basilisk
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1828 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann |
1852 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Cristasaura mitrella Gray (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1860 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Daconura bivittata Hallowell (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1862 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Basiliscus nuchalis Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
1893 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Dactylocalotes elisa Werner (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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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.
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Basiliscus vittatus
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