Plumed Basilisk

Plumed Basilisk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Corytophanidae Genus: Basiliscus''' Species: plumifrons
Binomial name
Basiliscus plumifrons

The plumed basilisk is a species of lizard native to Latin America. Its natural range covers a swath from Mexico to Ecuador.

Plumed basilisks eat insects, small mammals like rodents, and even some smaller species of lizards.

The females of this species will lay 5 to 15 eggs at a time. They lay these eggs in warm, damp sand or soil. They take about ten weeks to hatch.