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Jesus christ Lizard

Basiliscus basisilicus

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Field Notes

Description:

This is a lizard, has the ability to walk in water, to scape from predators

Habitat:

This was at the Tempisque River in Guanacaste, Costa Rica .

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Comments (16)
Aaron_G
Excellent capture. That's not easy to time!
Jonathan Sequeira
De hecho tenemos 3 especies, vi que planea estudiar biología; a su tiempo las conocerá. Suerte y gracias por sus comentarios.
Ismael Chaves
Wow que increible yo hasta ahora me doy cuenta que viven aqui yo cuando los veia en reportajes pensaba que solo vivian en lugares de africa y australia
Carolina
Oh that's really interesting, gracias Jonathan.
Jonathan Sequeira
WE have 3 diferent species in CR, this is just one of them, the other is a full size, Basiliscus plumifrons.
Carolina
Is this a baby Jonathan? I just saw you have another Jesus C lizard, that looks like a dragon, a green one.
Carolina
Me too Peter! I got it after seeing this spotting days ago, I even told my friends about it haha. Thank you for sharing Jonathan!
peter
I can see where he gets his name!
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PublishedApril 17, 2011

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