Basilisk

Basilisks are snake-like monsters. Their name means "little crown".
== Appearance ==
They are little green snakes with an expandable collar of white spikes around their necks. Their eyes are pale yellow. They can breathe fire and their touch is poisonous. They can be as long as a man's arm.
== Abilities ==
* They are able to spit fire and are very poisonous. When one simply touched Frank's bow, it disintegrated.
* In myths, they were said to have the power to cause death with a single glance, however this does not seem evident in the The Son of Neptune.
== Trivia ==
* The basilisk are also called "KING" because it is reputed to have on its head a mitre or crown-shaped crest.
* Weasels are deadly to them.
* The giant Polybotes can make them fall out of his hair.
* "Basilisk" in science refers to Basiliscus, a South American genus of lizard containing four species.
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