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  2. Basilisk - Wikipedia

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    Where the shrill chirp of the green lizard's love Broke on the sultry silentness alone, Now teem with countless rills and shady woods, Cornfields and pastures and white cottages; And where the startled wilderness beheld A savage conqueror stained in kindred blood, A tigress sating with the flesh of lambs The unnatural famine of her toothless cubs,

  3. Basiliscus (lizard) - Wikipedia

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    Basiliscus is a genus of large corytophanid lizards, commonly known as basilisks, which are endemic to southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.The genus contains four species, which are commonly known as the Jesus Christ lizard, or simply the Jesus lizard, due to their ability to run across water for significant distances before sinking due to the large surface area of ...

  4. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Lizard — Immense is the number of these reptiles in Israel; no less than 44 species are found there, Among those mentioned in the Bible we may cite: The Letã'ah, general name of the lizard, applied especially to the common lizard, the green lizard, the blindworm, etc.; the chõmét, or sand lizard;

  5. Plumed basilisk - Wikipedia

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    The green crested basilisk of B. plumifrons is a bright green lizard species found with varying streaks of white dark grey, and blue markings along its body. However, some alternative forms or subspecies of B. plumifrons have been seen to sport only black markings along its dorsal side.

  6. Kappa (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Accounts typically depict them as green, human-like beings with webbed hands and feet and turtle-like carapaces on their backs. A depression on the head, called a "dish" ( Japanese : sara ), retains water, and if this is damaged or its liquid is lost (either through spilling or drying up), a kappa becomes severely weakened.

  7. Ouroboros - Wikipedia

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    The Ouroboros has been said to have a meaning of infinity or wholeness. In the age-old image of the Ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The Ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the ...

  8. Western green lizard - Wikipedia

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    4 Description. 5 Habitat. ... The western green lizard ... The genus name Lacerta and the species name bilineata are Latin words respectively meaninglizard” and ...

  9. Anolis carolinensis - Wikipedia

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    A green anole in captivity, if cared properly, can live up to 8 years. [35] These lizards can be easily kept in a 10-gallon aquarium as they rarely grow more than 8 inches. However, there should be one male green anole in a tank as they are territorial and may end up fighting for the territory. Keeping multiple female green anoles in a tank won ...