Basilisco (common basilisk)

Description:

Thanks to super speed and specially-designed feet, the basilisk lizard can run on water... an ability that makes it deadly to insects, and has led people to call it the "Jesus Christ Lizard." I take this photos in my recent travel to the pacific ocean, in the National Natural Park Ensenada de Utría in the region of Chocó-Colombia.

Habitat:

Common basilisks are abundant in Pacific lowland forests of Central America and are the most commonly seen large lizards in western Costa Rica. They inhabit lowland dry, and moist forests, often adjacent to rivers and other waterways. They spend most of their time on the ground but sleep in perches up to 20 meters high at night.