Editing Plumed basilisk (section)

==Habitat and distribution==
''B. plumifrons''’ habitat is restricted to rainforests that are in close proximity to running streams, such as occur in southern Mexico and northern [[Colombia]]. Moist lowlands of wet, mature forest, with running streams are their preferred environments. Their habitat is typically hot and humid.{{sfnp|Kuppert|2013}}{{sfnp|Mora|Escobar-Anleu|2017}}
Agroforestry systems, with the integration of forest life (trees), is necessary for the preservation of the ''B. plumifrons'' species. While the plumed basilisk is native to southern Mexico and northern Colombian rainforests, there is evidence to suggest that it occupies land across the Atlantic versant{{explain|date=February 2022}} spanning eastern Honduras to western Panama. Additionally, ''B. plumifrons'' have been sighted along the Pacific coast in southwestern Costa Rica.

''B. plumifrons'' is arboreal (preferential to tree landscape for their habitat), and diurnally active (active during the day). Of the three species of ''Basiliscus'' present in Costa Rica each is found commonly on both versants{{explain|date=February 2022}} (borders of land).{{sfnp|Kuppert|2013}}{{sfnp|Pawley|1972}} ''B. plumifrons'' are aquatic lizards, found in high prevalence and widespread in Central American inland rivers, streams, ponds, and lakes, in addition to beaches and seashores. This species is unique in that it is both arboreal and aquatic and can be found in large numbers in both trees and perched on boulders near bodies of water.{{sfnp|Hsieh|2003}}{{sfnp|Laerm|1974}}

The temperature preference of ''B. plumifrons'' is between {{convert|31.7|+/-|0.5|C}}.{{sfnp|Kuppert|2013}}