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Western Basilisk

Basiliscus galeritus Duméril, 1851

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Basiliscus galeritus Duméril, 1851
Name authority: Duméril, 1851
Common name: Western Basilisk
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Corytophanidae
Genus: Basiliscus
Extinction status: Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
suborderIguania
familyCorytophanidae
genusBasiliscus
speciesBasiliscus galeritus Duméril, 1851

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Basiliscus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Brown BasiliskBasiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828	CorytophanidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Common BasiliskBasiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758)	CorytophanidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Green BasiiskBasiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875	CorytophanidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 7 records assigned to Corytophanidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Ptenosaura seemanni Gray, 1852 Gray, 1852	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Colombia (in rainforest, forested and areas related to small rivers in Choco Biogeographic Región, Cauca river valley in Antioquia, Caldas, Quindio; Magdalena River Valley in forested wet areas through Tolima), Ecuador, Panama

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Basiliscus&species=galeritus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:68D9X. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.