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Brown Basilisk or Striped Basilisk

Basiliscus vittatus

Photo by LuisStevens
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown Basilisk or Striped Basilisk on a white limestone from an ancient Mayan pyramid.

Habitat:

Bonampak in the Lacandon Rainforest.

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Brown basilisk

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Comments (7)
LuisStevens
Hi Karen Saxton. The basilisk was on the stairs of an ancient pyramid about half way, I was above it and the background is the green jungle all around the Pyramid. I was using a telephoto lens.
KarenSaxton
How did you get the even green background?
AshleyT
Beautiful photos! Don't forget the scientific name :)

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