Basiliscus plumifrons COPE, 1876

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Higher Taxa	Corytophanidae, Iguania, Sauria (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Green Basiisk G: Stirnlappenbasilisk
Synonym	Basiliscus plumifrons COPE 1876: 125 Basiliscus plumifrons — BOULENGER 1885: 108 Basiliscus plumifrons — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 84 Basiliscus plumifrons — LANG 1989 Basiliscus plumifrons — BONETTI 2002: 117
Distribution	Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua Type locality: Sipurio, Costa Rica. Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	SYNTYPE: UIMNH 40735
Comment	One of the few parthenogenetic iguanian lizards (KUHN & SCHMIDT 2003).
References	Bonetti, Mathilde 2002. 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp. Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-183 [1875] - get paper here Henderson, C.L. 2010. Mammals, Amphibians, and Reptiles of Costa Rica - A field guide. University of Texas Press, Austin, 198 pp. Kober, I. 1998. Stirnlappenbasilisken im Terrarium. Elaphe 6 (3): 9-14 Kober, I. 2004. Der Stirnlappenbasilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here 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 - get paper here Kober, Ingo 2012. Basiliscus plumifrons, der Stirnlappenbasilisk: Erfahrungen aus 20 Jahren Haltung und Vermehrung im Terrarium. Teil 2: Pflege und Nachzucht. Terraria Elaphe 2012 (3): 62-67 - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp. Kuhn, M. & Schmidt, D. 2003. Parthenogenese beim Dunklen Tigerpython (Python molurus bivittatus). Reptilia (Münster) 8 (44): 78-82 - get paper here Lang,M. 1989. Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Patterns of Basiliscine Iguanians (Reptilia: Squamata: "Iguanidae"). Bonner Zool. Monograph. 28: 1-172 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. - get paper here Leptien, R. & Werning, H. 2009. Exoten-Tagebuch. [introduced reptiles in Florida] Draco 10 (37): 44-54 - get paper here Maturana, H. R. 1962. A study of the species of the genus Basiliscus. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 128: 1-34 - get paper here Vieira, G. H. C., Colli, G. R. & Báo, S. N. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of corytophanid lizards (Iguania, Squamata, Reptilia) based on partitioned and total evidence analyses of sperm morphology, gross morphology, and DNA data. Zoologica Scripta 34(6): 605-625. Werning, H. 2010. Ein Stück Natur im Wohnzimmer. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (84): 16-23 - get paper here Wirth, Michael 2012. Basilisken. Spektakuläre Vertreter der Leguane Terraria Elaphe 2012 (2): 14-32 - get paper here Wirth, Michael 2012. Ökologie der Basilisken und Freilandbeobachtungen in Costa Rica Terraria Elaphe 2012 (2): 24-35 - get paper here
External links	http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/reptilia/squamata/iguanidae.html http://www.crislis2.f9.co.uk/herpcapbreed/plumed.htm http://www.biotropics.com/html/basiliscus_plumifrons.html Google images Profile of Basiliscus plumifrons on Reptarium

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