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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Corytophanidae
Brown Basilisk
Basiliscus vittatus
Wiegmann, 1828
Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Central America and northern South America. It was first introduced via the pet trade prior to 1976 at the Miami International Airport, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Wilson and Porras, 1983, The Ecological Impact of Man on the South Florida Herpetofauna. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Special Publication 9: i–vi + 1–89; Krysko et al., 2006, Iguana 13: 24–30; Enge and Krysko, 2019,
Basiliscus vittatus
. Pages 362–364 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). It has since been found in many areas of central and southern Florida, including the Florida Keys, Monroe County (Greene et al., 2012, Reptiles & Amphibians 19: 265–266; Enge and Krysko, 2009,
op. cit.
).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.12.04.42)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Banded Basilisc
(
Basiliscus vittatus
: Gray, John E.
1830
. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1828
Wiegmann, Arend Friedrich August. Beiträge zur Amphibienkunde. [Contributions to amphibian science.] Isis von Oken 21(4):364-383
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