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Brown Basilisk or Striped Basilisk

Basiliscus vittatus

Description:

Brown Basilisk or Striped Basilisk on a white limestone from an ancient Mayan pyramid.

Habitat:

Bonampak in the Lacandon Rainforest.

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7 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Hi Karen Saxton. The basilisk was on the stairs of an ancient pyramid about half way, I was above it and the background is the green jungle all around the Pyramid. I was using a telephoto lens.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Kathleen and Mona.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 10 years ago

How did you get the even green background?

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Little cutey getting pretty ;)

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Really nice. Love photo 2!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Done. Thanks Ashley.

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

Beautiful photos! Don't forget the scientific name :)

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Dec 11, 2013
Submitted on Mar 20, 2014

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