#1741 · 🦎 reptiles
Green Basilisk
🇳🇱 Kroonbasilisk ·Basiliscus plumifrons
📍 Parkland, FL, USA
📍 Limón Province, Pococí, Costa Rica
📍 Limón Province, Cahuita, Costa Rica
📍 Calle Punta Uva, Talamanca, Limon, CR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Lucía Vargas · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © courtjcam · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Steven Easley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © rakker59 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © trpaprocki · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © dominic heard · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Parkland, FL, USA:© Josiah Londerée · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Limón Province, Pococí, Costa Rica:© Jeff Ward · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. Limón Province, Cahuita, Costa Rica:© douglascook · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Calle Punta Uva, Talamanca, Limon, CR:© dan_linn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The plumed basilisk ( Basiliscus plumifrons ), also called a green basilisk , double crested basilisk , or Jesus Christ lizard , is a species of corytophanid native to Central America.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,534 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1876 (150 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Green Basilisk
- Nederlands
- Kroonbasilisk
- scientific name
- Basiliscus plumifrons
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Corytophanidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,534
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1876 by Edward Drinker Cope
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Corytophanidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 33119, Wikidata Q753071, GBIF 5221810, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.