Green Basiisk
Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875
Status not recordedlizards
The green basiisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) is a species in the family Corytophanidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 66.2 g, reach 15.3 cm in length and live up to 9.05 years.
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Quick facts about the green basiisk
- Weight
- 66.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 11.9 cm – 15.3 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 9.05 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 13 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 70.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4 – 18src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 20 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 4 – 5src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the green basiisk?
Where does the green basiisk live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the green basiisk as introduced in 2 countries.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the green basiisk endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the green basiisk classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyCorytophanidae
- genusBasiliscus
- SpeciesBasiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875
Other names and names in other languages (26)
- Double crested basiliskEnglish
- Emerald basiliskEnglish
- Green basiliskEnglish
- Green crested basiliskEnglish
- Jesus Christ lizardEnglish
- Plumed basiliskEnglish
- bazilišek zelenýCzech
- Grøn BasiliskDanish
- StirnlappenbasiliskGerman
- Toloque verdeSpanish
- Basilisco esmeraldaSpanish
- Basilisco VerdeSpanish
- Basilic vertFrench
- Basilic à deux crêtesFrench
- homloklebenyes baziliszkuszHungarian
- Basilisco piumatoItalian
- Basilisco crestatoItalian
- グリーンバシリスクJapanese
- KroonbasiliskDutch
- bazyliszek płatkogłowyPolish
- Basilisco-verdePortuguese
- Василиск двухгребневыйRussian
- zeleni baziliskSlovenian
- Василіск шоломоноснийUkrainian
- 雙冠蜥Chinese
- 雙嵴冠蜥Chinese
Relatives of the green basiisk
Other species in the same genus Basiliscus.
Common basilisk
Basiliscus basiliscus
Brown basilisk
Basiliscus vittatus
Western basilisk
Basiliscus galeritus
CompareGreen Basiisk vs Common basiliskGreen Basiisk vs Brown basiliskGreen Basiisk vs Western basilisk
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the green basiisk?
An adult green basiisk weighs 66.2 g and measures 11.9 cm – 15.3 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the green basiisk live?
The green basiisk has a recorded lifespan of 9.05 years.
Is the green basiisk an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the green basiisk as introduced in 2 countries: Belgium and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the green basiisk?
The green basiisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) belongs to the family Corytophanidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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