The green basilisk lizard is also called a plumed or double-crested basilisk; but its amazing ability to run on water gives this species its most recognizable moniker: the Jesus Christ lizard.

Green blood is one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New Guinea. Prasinohaema are green-blooded skinks, or a type of lizard.

Green blood is one of the most unusual characteristics in the animal kingdom, but it's the hallmark of a group of lizards in New Guinea. Prasinohaema are green-blooded skinks, or a type of lizard ...

A green anole lizard that was found in a student's salad has now become a mascot in Riverside Elementary School's science lab. (Courtesy of Mark Eastburn) PRINCETON -- Sally Mabon and her ...

Zebras and tigers have stripes, cheetahs and leopards have spots, and the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) boasts a labyrinthine pattern of black-and-green chains of scales.Now researchers from ...

It is probably a green anole (pronounced uh-no-lee), the only lizard that is a true Florida native. If a green anole has found its way into your house, don’t worry. It won’t hurt you — but ...

The lizard Podarcis muralis nigriventris might not grow to a freakish size and smash everything in sight, but evolution has turned this lizard into the Incredible Hulk of sorts—green skin included.

Dec. 2 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in Britain said a green anole lizard stowed away in a traveler's luggage for a 4,500-mile journey from Florida to England. Rachel Bond, 54, said she had just ...