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Another shot of this lizard- loved the bright color! Canon EOS 7D Canon 300mm f/4 L IS

Not exactly chameleonic.

The smiling chameleon

No, it isn't a piece of jewelry, but a new, tiny and colorful lizard species from the Caribbean has caught the eye of biologists. Father Mark de Silva, an amateur naturalist, discovered the lizard in May 2005 on Union Island in the St.Vincent and the Grenadines. He sent photographs to researchers Bob Henderson of the Milwaukee Public Museum and his colleague, Robert Powell of Avila University in Kansas City. "When we both saw the photograph, we both knew right away that this was something…

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Yet another gecko shot. They were fun to shoot, and I liked how this one is silhouetted through the leaf.

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The plumed basilisk is a species of lizard native to Costa Rica. Plumed basilisks are omnivorous and will eat insects, small mammals, smaller species of lizards, fruits and flowers. This lizard is able to run short distances across water using both its feet and tail for support, an ability shared with the East Indian water lizard (Hydrosaurus amboinensis). In Costa Rica, this has earned the plumed basilisk the nickname "Jesus Christ lizard". It is an excellent swimmer and can stay under…

All of the species on this list are critically endangered and will disappear entirely — unless drastic measures are taken to save them.

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Red-eyed tree frogs, Costa Rica

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