With all of these reptiles you'd never guess that we specialize in plants! Here is another fine lizard encountered in the Los Charcos forest reserve. It is Corytophanes cristatus, the casque-headed lizard, locally known as "cherepo". An expert at camoflauge and a little on the vicious side, this lizard can - and most likely will - give you a nasty nip! Both sexes of this genus are crested, but only on the head, unlike the closely related Basiliscus lizards (now I'll have to get a shot of one of those posted!), which display developed crests on the head, dorsal and tail regions, but only the males.
