Jesus Christ Lizard, (Basiliscus plumifrons) by Hedepo

Photography • Animals • posted on Jun 17, 2008

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Jesus Christ Lizard, (Basiliscus plumifrons) This beautiful Lizard is a Basiliscus plumifrons . Four known species of basilisk exist and are distributed from tropical Mexico down through Central America to northern South America. The basilisk is also called the "Jesus Christ lizard" because of its ability to walk on water. It supporting itself by the unsteady hydrodynamics as it strokes its rear feet through the water, opening up a ventilation pocket so that it can extract its foot without dragging it through the water Photo taken in May 2008 in Burgers-Zoo in the Netherlands, in a greenhouse wilderness display. Even in this environment you need to be lucky to see this Lizard. Thanks for your time, Have a very nice day Henk

Comments (17)

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mairekas

1:27PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

OMG! I have never seen anything like that before. Thanks for sharing. Maire

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cmolsen2002

1:44PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Wow! This image is terrific, and I learned all the new-to-me information from your interesting narrative! Thank you!

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danob

2:21PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Excellent image, and yes also very steamy for the lens and camera Well done

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durleybeachbum

2:47PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Superb! And fascinating info!

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spiderwebb

2:54PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

i Love these guys! what a fabulous capture-

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GiMi53

3:12PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Now, at first, I was confused : I thought this was a picture taken in South America... Thanks for the great explanation about this amazing lizzard. Excellent shot, Henk !

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Romia

3:17PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Great capture! Never saw this lizard in the zoo.

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kgb224

4:25PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Excellent capture.

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babuci

5:06PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Cute little green wonder this lizzy. Great color.

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sharky_

5:08PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

What an interesting looking lizard. Very nice find. Aloha

BorisB

7:03PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Excellent capture, great!!

MrsLubner

7:11PM | Tue, 17 June 2008

Named because it walks on water? I would have guessed because if I stumbled on this with no warning the first thing out of my mouth would be "Jesus Christ! help me!" LOL Fabulous shot. Great opportunity taken well.

Liam.

3:00AM | Wed, 18 June 2008

great capture

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