1. Basilisk (B.plumifrons)
By: Arham.K
Fessenden
Gr.6

2. Scientific Classification
• Common name: Green/Plumed Basilisk
Kingdom: Animilia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertabrata
Class: Souropsida
Order: Squatmata
Suborder: sauria and iguana
Family: Corytophanidae
Genus: Basilicus
Species: B.plumifrons

3. Appearance
Three crests on its back
Green/Brown scaly skin.
Webbed feet

4. Habitat
• Basilisks live in swamps, forests and near
bodies of water located in South and
Central America
Central America
South America

5. Life Cycle
• Females lay 5-15 eggs in warm/damp
sand/soil. These eggs hatch in 8-10 weeks
into fully independent lizards.

6. Diet
• Basilisks eat insects, small mammals,
smaller lizards, fruits and flowers.

7. Predators
• The basilisks predators are birds of prey,
opossums and snakes

8. Contribution to the Diversity of life
• Basilisks contribute to the diversity of life
by keeping the population of insects, small
mammals, and smaller lizards under
control.

9. Human impact on their
environment
• Humans are impacting basilisks
environments by carelessly polluting their
environment

10. How we can help Basilisks?
• We can help basilisks by keeping swamps,
forests and bodies of water clean and free
of litter.

11. Interesting Facts
• The basilisk can run up to 10-20 meters on
water!
• They sprint up to 5 feet per second!

12. References
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumed_basilis
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• http://naturescrusaders.wordpress.com/20
09/02/16/green-basilisk-lizards-eat-
insects-rodents-and-runs-on-water/
• Animal by Dorling Kindersley

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