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    Species Accepted

    Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875

    Double Crested Basilisk

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      Basilic vert French
      Basilic à deux crêtes French
      Basilisco Verde Spanish
      Basilisco crestato Italian
      Basilisco esmeralda Spanish
      Basilisco piumato Italian
      Basilisco-verde Portuguese
      Double Crested Basilisk English
      Emerald Basilisk English
      Green Basiisk English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      46 results
      Wirth, & Michael. (2012). Basilisken. Spektakuläre Vertreter der Leguane. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (2): 14-32.
      Lattanzio, Matthew S. and Thomas C. LaDuke. (2012). Habitat Use and Activity Budgets of Emerald Basilisks (Basiliscus plumifrons) in Northeast Costa Rica. Copeia 2012 (3): 465-471.
      Köhler, G. (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 Pp.
      Henderson, C. L. (2010). Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Costa Rica - A field guide. University of Texas Press, Austin, 198 Pp.
      Kober, I. (2004). Der Stirnlappenbasilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons. Natur Und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 Pp.
      Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. (2025). Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): E64536-E64536.
      Kober, & Ingo. (2012). Basiliscus plumifrons, der Stirnlappenbasilisk: Erfahrungen aus 20 Jahren Haltung und Vermehrung im Terrarium. Teil 1: Einrichtung und Technik. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (2): 36-45.
      Alvarado, R., Alvarado, E. V., López, L. I., Umaña, D., & Mora, J. M. (2022). Predation of a Juvenile Iguana rhinolopha (Squamata: Iguanidae) by Basiliscus plumifrons (Squamata: Corytophanidae) in the Costa Rican Rainforest. Caribbean Journal of Science, 52(2), 203-208.
      Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. (2014). An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144.
      Mora, J. M., and Bárbara I. Escobar-Anleu. (2017). River rocks as sleeping perches for Norops oxylophus and Basiliscus plumifrons in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (2): 418–422.

      Citation

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