The Basilisk is a kind of Reptile That looks like a mini dinosaur. They are able to run fast on the water as they have fringes under their feet. When they go on the water, the fringes widen. When the foot hits hard on the water, the fringes open and create air bubbles under their feet which help them to stay on the water. It is for this very reason that the Basilisk is popularly called the “Jesus Christ Lizard”.However, they cannot run continuously they only run at bursts and then they sink.
They eat fruit and bugs so they are omnivorous. Male basilisks are bigger, heavier and have crests and ridges all down its back. They are also great swimmers and can hold their breath up to half an hour underwater.
A 48 million-year-old fossil of a basilisk, has been discovered in Wyoming, the United States, The lizard is believed to be the earliest member of the Jesus lizard group known as Corytophanids. As the present-day Basilisks are found in an area across central Mexico and northern Colombia, mainly in regions around the equator, the new discovery suggests that later clades (groups) of Corytophanids were pushed to southern parts of the equator as their surroundings cooled down.
They eat fruit and bugs so they are omnivorous. Male basilisks are bigger, heavier and have crests and ridges all down its back. They are also great swimmers and can hold their breath up to half an hour underwater.
A 48 million-year-old fossil of a basilisk, has been discovered in Wyoming, the United States, The lizard is believed to be the earliest member of the Jesus lizard group known as Corytophanids. As the present-day Basilisks are found in an area across central Mexico and northern Colombia, mainly in regions around the equator, the new discovery suggests that later clades (groups) of Corytophanids were pushed to southern parts of the equator as their surroundings cooled down.
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