Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

Tarcoles river - Tárcoles

Costa Rica

Thank you so much to Steve Garvie Rainbirder for the help with the ID.

Photo taken at the Metropiltan Park

Panama city - Panama

I've been seeing a lot of this lizard lately, which I looked up and found is a Brown Basilisk, also referred to as a Common Basilisk, , Jesus Christ Lizard or just Jesus Lizard. It gets that name from it's ability to scurry across the surface of the water, "walk on water" so to speak. They are relatively shy and generally retreat to trees when approached but this one let me get close enough for this low angle shot. Peaceful Waters Sanctuary. (Basiliscus vittatus)

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Not as colorful like the green basilisk but yet a very beautiful lizard, Corcovado NP, Costa Rica

Still sorting through Costa Rica pictures and came across this one of a female basilisk that we saw in Dave's yard (Dave and Dave's Costa Rica Nature Park).

common basilisk /Basiliscus basiliscus

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Highland Oaks Park

An almost guaranteed encounter at Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica

I have wanted to build something with teal (aka Dark Turquoise) for a long time. This was my first run. I'd like to use coral as an accent color on a future endeavor, but that will likely have to wait until more parts are available in that color. Got the build done just in time for BrickFair Virginia this year, but not the stickering.

One of the coolest lizard i've seen so far, the male basilisk lizard really looks like from another world... Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica

Parkland, FL

When I settled on Teal and Bright Light Orange (BLO) for the original Basilisk, I had the parts to make it with either color as primary and the other as accent. I like how the original looked, but decided I wanted to try out the alternate color scheme too. I think they're both sharp, but manage to look quite different, using the same colors in different places.

Well, since I was just listening to B.O.C.'s "Godzilla" ... I thought I would post along that line.

I spotted at least 15 Basilisks this particular morning. This one was approx. 16" overall.

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Basiliscus plumifrons. Chachagua, Costa Rica.

CATIE Center, Turrialba CR

Dählhölzli Bern

Arenal, Costa Rica

Also known as a Helmeted Iguana, this small lizard is found throughout Central America.

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Basiliscus plumifrons. Also called the plumed basilisk. Adult male photographed in Chachagua, Costa Rica.

By trapping pockets of air beneath their long toes and fringes of skin, and using their tails for balance, basilisks are able to run bipedally for short distances across the surface of water.

This shot was taken at distance, from a boat on the tempisque river, in the Palo-verde. Our sharp-eyed guide spotted this 60cm long lizard basking on a fallen tree trunk, where the jungle met the waters edge.

I've heard these referred to as the Jesus Christ lizard, due to it's ability to run on two legs across the surface of the water, no doubt aided by those wide hind-feet.

I'm cropping heavily here & I'm not completely convinced that I've got my framing right here, as I've cut off half of it's tail. All the better for seeing the head detail though.

Costa Rica - Oct 2019.

Donde Cope, Guapiles, Costa Rica

Arenal, Costa Rica

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Wakadahatchee Wetlands

I found this big beautiful Brown Basilisk lizard on a hike up a stream at Suital Lodge in Costa Rica. I saw many smaller ones but this is the only impressive adult male that I saw and he was very skitish even from a distance.

All of my photos were of this lizard with lots of noisy leaves, twigs and bushes around it and so I just decided to fade all that noise to black.

This lizard is also called the Jesus Lizard because it can run on water. It is native to Mexico, Central America and Colombia. It is now here in Florida and can be seen just about everywhere you go.

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This brown basilisk was a new species for me. It seemed like there was a lot of lizards in Florida, but we only saw this species in the Palm Beach area.

The brown basilisk is in the family Corytophanidae, also known as iguanian lizards. They go by several names, such as helmeted or casque-headed lizards due to their head crests and as “Jesus lizards” because they can sprint across the surface of waters when fleeing predators.

- Basiliscus vittatus

Green Cay Wetlands

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I had to change over lenses so freaking fast to get this one, reminded me of training the Army, changing over a magazine on an SA80 or removing a jam thanks to the cold weather. However this cloud at the tip took on the pareidolia, in my opinion, of a Basilisk, so hence the name.

On another note: Today America is saying to each other Happy Thanksgiving, tomorrow they'll be beating the shit out of each other for a wide screen TV! Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to my American followers.

I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)