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Higher TaxaCorytophanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brown Basilisk
G: Streifenbasilisk
S: Pasarrios 
SynonymBasiliscus vittatus WIEGMANN 1828: 373
Corythaeolus vittatus — KAUP 1828
Oedicoryphus vittatus — WAGLER 1830: 148
Basiliscus vittatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 187
Basiliscus (Corythaeolus) vittatus — FITZINGER 1843: 53
Corythaeolus vittatus — GRAY 1845: 193
Cristasaurus mitrella GRAY 1852: 439
Daconura [sic] bivittata HALLOWELL 1861: 482
Basiliscus (Cristasaura) nuchalis COPE 1863: 181
Paraloma bivittata — COPE 1863: 181
Basiliscus vittatus — SUMICHRAST 1864: 504
Basiliscus vittatus — BOULENGER 1885: 109
Basiliscus vittatus — GÜNTHER 1885: 55
Dactylocalotes elisa WERNER 1893: 361
Basiliscus vittatus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 72
Basiliscus vittatus — LANG 1989: 121
Basiliscus vittatus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 94
Basiliscus vittatus — LINER 1994
Basiliscus vittatus — LINER 2007
Basiliscus vittatus — CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & GUTIÉRREZ-MAYÉN 2010
Basiliscus vittatus — MCCRANIE 2018
Basiliscus vittatus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionUSA (introduced to Florida)
Mexico (Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Yucatan, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Mochocán, Colima, Puebla, Hidalgo, Nayarit),
Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia ?; elevation: 120-1400 m

Type locality: Mexico. Restricted to Veracruz, Veracruz by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 549-551
Holotype: USNM 6056 [Daconura bivittata]
Holotype: USNM 5845 [Basiliscus (Cristasaura) nuchalis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1538 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: after Lang 1989

Relative abundance in Honduras: common

Distribution: see map in Lang 1989: 122, 130; Not in Colombia (Fernando Castro Herrera, pers. comm.). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “vittatus” for ribbon, or decorated by a ribbon, referring to the parietal blade of male vittatus, which is shaped like a thin ribbon. 
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