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SamRickim — Male Juvenile Common Basilisk
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Published: 2012-05-23 17:06:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 2276; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 0
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Basiliscus basiliscus, also known as the Basilisk lizard or Jesus Christ lizard for its ability to walk on water for limited periods of time.Related content
Comments: 34
Wow this is beautiful! Would love to see one of these little guys in person.
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This is the first time I've seen one of that size. Most of the time I saw the little ones only - when I first saw him I thought he was a green iguana, another invasive species.
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Really? Wow. What country do you live in?
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United States, southern Florida. We get so many invasive exotics here.
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Ohhh, I grew up in southwest Florida. I never saw a basilisk there! Interesting.
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They seem to be a new thing. They also look a lot like iguanas from a distance, but when they take off they launch their chests forward and take off on their back legs. If you've never seen one before, I recommend YouTubing a video of them running, it's the strangest thing.
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Oh yes I've watch a lot on Animal Planet. Interesting little fellas.
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Beautiful little male, I had a female as a pet for a while, she was awesome, but very fiesty
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He was very flighty.
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Ajax (my basilisk) was as well, and also bitey lol My ex and I have both lost huge amounts of flesh to that lizard. lol
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Awesome Shot! 
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Thank you. It's our patio.
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It'a just plain awesome having basilisks in your backyard 
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We've got all sorts of cool stuff. Alligators, cuban anoles, green anoles, great blue herons, grackles, mockingbirds, green iguanas, Moscovy ducks...
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Thank you. It was a lot of luck.
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You're welcome.
And it really did come out swell!
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The basilisk? He was just chilling out in my backyard, he's not my pet.
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Lucky you having awesome lizards strolling in your yard! D:
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the only place i've seen wild lizards was down in florida. I used to have a pet chameleon, very cool. lizards are awesome.
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Veiled chameleon, perhaps?
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That's incredible! I adore Basilisks! They're my favorite lizards.
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They are the coolest things.
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Why, thank you - although I can't take all the credit.
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