Coolest Lizard I Have Ever Seen In My Yard

[laxkid891]

so, im looking out the window and see this huge thing on my tree...it turns it head and looks at me and i see its an abnormally sized and weird looking lizard. so being me i run and get the camera and take some pics, then proceed to try touch it but it jumped into the bushes. anyways, it was about 1.5 feet long. can anyone possibly identify what it is??

the coolest pics ever:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/laxkid891/DSC02205.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/laxkid891/DSC02207.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/laxkid891/DSC02208.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/laxkid891/DSC02209.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/laxkid891/DSC02210.jpg

click the links and wait for it to load...IT IS WORTH IT!!

[Mike21]

Wow thats crazy, it looks amphibious. 1.5 feet long that thing must have been huge. I have no idea what kind it is though.

[IHSLAX4]

that thing is crazy, how fast did it move to jump into the bushes?

[laxkid891]

that thing is crazy, how fast did it move to jump into the bushes?
not fast it like almost just fell sideways into the bushes

[tiplax]

omg jurassic park!!!! move asap
that's awsome dude, never seen one before

[swish7209]

it looks like it could have killed you if you did touch it

[laxkid891]

haha tip that made me lol...swish...i dont know...

i wanna know wtf this thing was

[Paulvilax24]

Trap it and keep it as a pet

[lax_dude]

maybe its an unkown type of lizard

name it after yourself

[spyopticgoggles]

it could be the jesus lizard...i think thats wut its called. but anyway, the jesus lizard can run on water and kinda looks like that so it could possibly be the jesus lizard.

[laxkid891]

it could be the jesus lizard...i think thats wut its called. but anyway, the jesus lizard can run on water and kinda looks like that so it could possibly be the jesus lizard.
DUDEEEE it is the jesus lizard....dang now i wanna go find it and catch it...i wonder how it got here and where it came from

[Paulvilax24]

dude IM me

[MaKiMaKi13]

spyopticgoggles got it right its the jesus lizard the jeunks that can run on water , those are some pretty high quality photos man lol im surprised it didnt run away when you were taking em

http://www.rgoogin.com/photography/belize/Leaping-Lizard-tn.jpg

[OwlsLax2]

It is called the Christ Lizard or also known as a Basilisk.

I watch the Discovery Channel too much.

[sammyduelist]

Basilisks can kill you! [according to harry potter]
Good thing you are still alive after it looked at you

[lax_11]

look how long the tail is! talk about carrying around a heavy load, although the tail looks kind of thin...

[marflax33]

I thought "Basilisk" was a whole group of different lizards/snakes. Oh well.

Leapin' Lizards!

[MNM19]

dude thats mad cool. those are usually only found in south america

[cali feeder]

It looks like you could whip someone with the tail and kill them. Geez that thing is HUGE.

[MACDADDY]

where excatly do you live?? i thought you could only find those in the Amazon.

edit: those pictures are the best ive seen in a long time. i can see every scale!

[Irishlax22]

where excatly do you live?? i thought you could only find those in the Amazon.

edit: those pictures are the best ive seen in a long time. i can see every scale!
I think Florida. My friend had a lizard like that, until it got loose his backyard and ran away. It got scared very easy.

[Laxmann019]

that thing looks like a dino lizard

[L4X_M4ST3R]

it could be the jesus lizard...i think thats wut its called. but anyway, the jesus lizard can run on water and kinda looks like that so it could possibly be the jesus lizard.

DUDEEEE it is the jesus lizard....dang now i wanna go find it and catch it...i wonder how it got here and where it came from



well obviously it ran over the sea just to see you

[Laxer1241]

I thought that would be a type of skink?

[spyopticgoggles]

i dont think its called a basalisk, the NG channel only called it the christ lizard

[CnSLax3]

That's almost the coolest thing I've seen

[laxkid891]

it is called a basilisk....jesus lizard is a nickname it acquired...yea i live in south florida...idk how the hell it got here but whatever...yea the pics are really nice, its my moms camera and those pics were on 24x zoom, i was a good 10-15 feet away from that sucker taking the pics

[CSlax06]

Very nice camera. Wish we had lizards up here.

[spartanlax91]

omg that thing is vicious looking, if you catch it ill buy it from you

[ML_LAX09]

omg that thing is vicious looking, if you catch it ill buy it from you


What is this? The TLF blackmarket?

[laxkid891]

omg that thing is vicious looking, if you catch it ill buy it from you
no if i catch it is mineee....and im going to take itsthatkid's idea and teach it how to play lax :grin:

[ML_LAX09]

no if i catch it is mineee....and im going to take itsthatkid's idea and teach it how to play lax :grin:

THAT would be alsome. Imagine, a lizard that can run on water and play lax. I wish...

[CnSLax3]

lol that alone would be worth flying down to florida.

[lD lU lK lE 311]

my dad is a herpetologist and said that it was a central american male basilisk....so spyopticgoggles is partially right...its nickname is the christ lizard or jesus lizard.

[laxkid891]

my dad is a herpetologist and said that it was a central american male basilisk....so spyopticgoggles is partially right...its nickname is the christ lizard or jesus lizard.
SCORE!!! i was right..yay....so i was talking to my friend that lives down the street from me on aim and he said that theres another one that lives at the end of the street by the canal

[laolax]

CHUPACABRA!!!!

[HCrum05]

It was probably someone's pet that got loose.

[MaKiMaKi13]

CHUPACABRA!!!!
nah thats the jeunks in south america that eats goats

[th365thli]

wow i thought those were only in the Amazon, or maybe it was a pet and somehow landed at your yard. what are the chances eh?