He is also called the walking Jesus Christ lizard.
With his ability to run over the water, with his hind legs practically floating over it, he is unique. He reaches a speed of about 12 km/h, five meters he can keep himself above the water until he finally sinks. He presses his foot against the water by pushing it vertically downwards. In the second phase, it pushes its foot backwards to repel itself from the water.
We humans could do the same, but then we would have to be able to run 100 km fast, and without any aids.
It lives in bushes and trees in Central and South America near lakes. He looks like a prehistoric dragon through his erect combs. Also some helmet basilisks seem to be capable of maiden production. 500 to 1000 square meters have their habitat in which they feed on all kinds of small animals such as snails, worms and frogs. Fruits and flowers are also part of their diet.
Helmbasiliske live on trees at jungle lakes, rivers and streams. Their territories have a size of 500 to 1000 m². They swim and dive well and can, walking on their hind legs, cross standing, calm waters. They reach a speed of 12 km/h. The food spectrum includes insects, snails, smaller lizards, frogs and fish. In addition, however, flowers and fruits are also consumed. They reproduce all year round. Females lay up to 20 eggs in the ground five to eight times a year. The eggs are about 2.1 to 2.4 cm long and 1.2 to 1.5 cm wide. Up to the hatching of the boys, depending upon temperature after 70 to 150 days, they increase in extent and weight. The young are about 11 cm long at hatch