Can the water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii) run on water? I have long been impressed with the ability of the South American Basilisk lizard to run on water. There are plenty of videos of it on youtube, for example a short one here.Its pretty amazing. Looking at this video alone shows as two important aspects of its locomotion, 1) it is able to lift the whole body out of the water, and 2) it is able to do so for quite long stretches (around 10-15m). This ability has been documented quite well by a series of papers by the group at Harvard University, particularly Tonia Hsieh . They have done some great work, including describing how smaller lizards are better able to support body weight than larger lizards , modelling 3D forces and recording 3D kinematics of the lizards stride . Below is a gif showing some of the detailed kinematics of the lizard stride which i stole from George Lauders lab webpage.(NOTE: just click on the gifs if they are not running)One other important point reported…