The females look like iguanas and both sexes have very long tails. Their back legs are also very long, but their front legs are shorter and less powerful. Their back legs and their weight are what may be what makes them so fast. They are a variety of colors, but mostly brown, green, and tan. They live for five to ten years and are incredibly popular pets nowadays.
Males are more popular than females because of their appearance.
Basilisks are found on the tropical coasts from Mexico to Ecuador. They are not known very well in the U. S. A, because they are not very common, but in South America they are very popular. They live mainly in rainforests. They are pretty good pets, but they don t take well to handling. Basilisks eat mainly insects and small mammals.