Thursday, February 12, 2015

Common Basilisk

COMMON BASILISK LIZARD, RIO FRIO, NICARAGUA, JANUARY 24, 2015

Pentax K-3
Pentax 55-300 at 300mm
1/200 sec. f10
ISO 800

Often called the "Jesus lizard" for its ability to run atop the water on huge feet equipped with flaps of skin along the edges, the basilisk is common in sea-level waterways of Central and northern South American rainforests. Our Costa Rican tour boat had crossed the border into Nicaragua when this photo was taken.

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