The Basilisk is called the "King" because it is believed to have a crown shaped crest on its head. The Basilisk is a snake that can grow up to fifty feet that is green and covered in scales. It sheds its skin at intervals like other snakes when it grows. It has bright yellow eyes that can kill you if you look directly into them. If you only see its eyes through a reflection it will only petrify you. It is believed that Herpo the Foul was the first known wizard to breed a Basilisk. But breeding Basilisk was banned in Medieval times. Basilisk are known wizard killers and cannot be domesticated. Basilisk can live a natural life of at least nine hundred years while Salazar's Basilisk lived for approximately a thousand years. Because the