What is a basilisk lizard?

Answer 1

Not closely. They are both reptiles, are so are related in that sense, just as you are related to a rabbit (or a fox or a bear...). If we go far enough back, lizards and dinosaurs share a common ancestors, which was probably something that looked superficially like a lizard, or the surviving tuatara which is found only in New Zealand. However, the dinosaurs' real surviving relatives are birds and crocodiles

Answer 2

No. Dinosaurs are defined as Megalosaurus + Iguanodon, meaning the last common ancestor of those two, and all their descendents. Another way to define a dinosaur is Passer > Pteranodon, meaning every animal more closely related to Passer domesticus (a common species of sparrow) than to Pteranodon (since pterosaurs are the closest you can get to a dinosaur without actually being a dinosaur). Here are some things that aren't dinosaurs: Pterosaurs, Crocodiles, Plesiosaurs, Mosasaurs, Snakes, Lizards, Mammoths, Coelacanths, Trilobites, Sharks, Dunkleosteus, Spriggina, Dimetrodon, Cynognathus, Gorgonops, etc. The only animals alive today that are dinosaurs are birds. Birds are Paravian, Maniraptoran, Coelurasaurian, Tetanurine, Theropod Dinosaurs.

Answer 3

No species of lizard is more closely related to dinosaurs than any other, and among reptiles, lizards are not particularly closely related to dinosaurs. Crocodilians are closer dinosaur relatives. The closest relatives of dinosaurs are their direct descendants: birds.

Answer 4

A basilisk lizard, also known as a Jesus lizard, is a species of lizard native to Central America. They are known for their ability to run on water using their webbed feet to evade predators. They are also adept climbers and can be found near streams and rivers in tropical rainforests.

Answer 5

Common basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus, (or simply the basilisk) is a lizard found in Central and South American rainforests near rivers and streams.

Answer 6

Somewhat. The closest living relatives to dinosaurs are birds after which come crocodiles.

Answer 7

Distantly. Both dinosaurs and lizards are diapsid reptiles.

Answer 8

a lizard that can run on water