Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Plumed Basilisk Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Sub-order: 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. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.