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Striped Basilisk Lizard Lore

By Mike March 29, 2008 5 comments

One of the coolest and most confiding reptiles I’ve encountered in the tropics is the Striped Basilisk Lizard (Basiliscus vittatus). This remarkable little monster is also known as the Brown Basilisk, but it shares a more glamorous nickname and ability with other lizards in its genus.

The genus Basiliscus, in the same family as iguanas, includes [...]