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A '''''Basilisk''''' (— otherwise known as the '''''King of Serpents''''') — is a bright green snake, which can grow to an enormous size. It is a rare, wizard-bred creature, born from a chicken egg hatched beneath a toad; the creation of them is illegal and falls under the Ban on Experimental Breeding. Males are distinguishable from females by the bright red plume on their foreheads. Basilisks have long, poisonous fangs and shed their skin at intervals.

In [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Chamber of Secrets|''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'']], a Basilisk which lives in the [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Chamber of Secrets|Chamber of Secrets]] is released periodically by the Heir of Slytherin. The Heir, whose control over the Basilisk is not complete, attempts to guide it to attack students who are [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Muggle|Muggle]]-born. This is apparently an attempt to extend [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Salazar Slytherin|Salazar Slytherin]]'s preferred policy for admittance into the school. Slytherin, one of the four Founders of [[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], believed that only the children of wizards ought to be accepted, and departed the school when the other three would not agree with him. Several students, of varying parentage, and one cat, ([[Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Mrs. Norris|Mrs Norris)]], are Petrified by the Basilisk. When Harry enters the Chamber and fights the blinded Basilisk, he thrusts a sword into the roof of its mouth, a move that will kill it; in turn, one of its fangs pierces Harry's arm, the poison of which nearly kills him.