This lizard is able to run short distances across water using both its feet and tail for support, an ability shared with the plumed basilisk.

Plumed basilisks are bright green with small bluish spots along the dorsal ridge.

Plumed basilisks are omnivorous and eat insects, small mammals (such as rodents), smaller species of lizards, fruits and flowers.

In Costa Rica, this has earned the plumed basilisk the nickname "Jesus Christ lizard".

Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

The plumed basilisk's generic name Basiliscus is taken from the legendary reptilian creature of European mythology which could turn a man to stone by its gaze: the Basilisk.

The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid to Latin America.

These include Pygmy marmosets, leafcutter ants, praying mantises, Lake Malawi cichlids, salmon-pink bird-eating spiders, locusts, Burmese pythons, plumed basilisks, West African dwarf crocodiles, Yemen chameleons, green tree pythons, and poison dart frogs.

The 25 species of live lizards on display include a crocodile monitor, the longest lizard species, growing to 10 feet (the one in Chicago will be a mere babe at 5 feet), and the plumed basilisk and green basilisk, whose ability to run across water gives them the nickname "Jesus lizard."

This lizard is able to run short distances across water using both its feet and tail for support, an ability shared with the plumed basilisk.

Plumed basilisks are bright green with small bluish spots along the dorsal ridge.

Plumed basilisks are omnivorous and eat insects, small mammals (such as rodents), smaller species of lizards, fruits and flowers.

In Costa Rica, this has earned the plumed basilisk the nickname "Jesus Christ lizard".

Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

The plumed basilisk's generic name Basiliscus is taken from the legendary reptilian creature of European mythology which could turn a man to stone by its gaze: the Basilisk.

The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid to Latin America.

These include Pygmy marmosets, leafcutter ants, praying mantises, Lake Malawi cichlids, salmon-pink bird-eating spiders, locusts, Burmese pythons, plumed basilisks, West African dwarf crocodiles, Yemen chameleons, green tree pythons, and poison dart frogs.

The 25 species of live lizards on display include a crocodile monitor, the longest lizard species, growing to 10 feet (the one in Chicago will be a mere babe at 5 feet), and the plumed basilisk and green basilisk, whose ability to run across water gives them the nickname "Jesus lizard."

The equivalent species on the Atlantic side is the Green Basilisk, which occupies similar habitats and has similar biology.

The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid to Latin America.

The 25 species of live lizards on display include a crocodile monitor, the longest lizard species, growing to 10 feet (the one in Chicago will be a mere babe at 5 feet), and the plumed basilisk and green basilisk, whose ability to run across water gives them the nickname "Jesus lizard."

The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid to Latin America.

A so-called Jesus Christ lizard, which can run on water, was back at home under a hibiscus bush.

Ultra-slow motion shows the Jesus Christ lizard's novel escape technique.

The basilisk lizard isn't also called the Jesus Christ lizard for nothing.

It is also known as the "Jesus Christ Lizard" because it can run on the surface of water.

Another reptile appeared, "a Jesus Christ lizard," said Stephen.

Nicknamed the "Jesus Christ Lizard," this extraordinary reptile may run on water when threatened.

They were also used to show 'Jesus Christ lizards' running on water, the courtship flight of the marvellous spatuletail and flying fish leaving the water.

In Costa Rica, this has earned the plumed basilisk the nickname "Jesus Christ lizard".

Minor pointed out howler monkeys, giant iguanas camouflaged on branches and a Jesus Christ lizard, so named because it can run across the surface of water.

The basilisk, nicknamed the Jesus Christ lizard, can literally run on water and the Brazilian pygmy gecko is so light it does not break the surface.

The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid to Latin America.

Basilisks have the unique ability to "walk" on water and, because of this, they have been dubbed as "The Jesus Christ lizard" in reference to the biblical passage of Matthew 14:22-34.

Composer Michael Hearst uses the toy piano (performed by Margaret Leng Tan) on his song "Jesus Christ Lizard," on the album Songs For Unusual Creatures.

Some of us hiked into the rain forest and saw basilisk lizards live up to their nickname, the Jesus Christ lizards, by scampering across the surface of a stream on their webbed hind feet.

Many of the Archaeopteryx fossils come from marine sediments and it has been suggested that wings may have helped the birds run over water in the manner of the Jesus Christ Lizard (Common basilisk).

Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)

The plumed basilisk, Basiliscus plumifrons, also called a green basilisk, double crested basilisk, or Jesus Christ lizard, is a species of corytophanid to Latin America.