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Basiliscus basiliscus (Common Basilisk)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The common basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) is a lizard found in Central and South American rainforests near rivers and streams. The basilisk is part of the corytophanid family. It is also known as the Jesus lizard, Jesus Christ lizard, or lagarto de Jesus Cristo for its ability to run on the surface of water.
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Infraspecies

Basiliscus basiliscus barbouri
Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  322 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  219 grams
Male Weight [1]  425 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  94.1 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 8 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 8 months
Gestation [1]  3 months 3 days
Litter Size [1]  9
Litters / Year [1]  6
Maximum Longevity [1]  9 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Semi-aquatic

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Barro Colorado Island Natural Monument III   Panama  
Corcovado National Park 115845 Costa Rica  
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  
Palo Verde National Park II 46190 Costa Rica  
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Reserva Karen Mogensen F. Nature Reserve 1866 Costa Rica  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0