The Spider-Man lizard

The Spider-Man lizard

The Spider-Man lizard

With The Amazing Spider-Man finally released this week, everyone's gone a bit Spidey mad. Even, surprisingly, the lizard community.

Photographer Cassio Lopes discovered the Mwanza Flat Headed Agama lizard while on a trip to the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya. The reptile, which is native to Africa, bears an uncanny resemblance to the webbed superhero.

Given the "complicated" relationship between Spider-Man and The Lizard in the movie, it might be a desperate attempt to prove that not all lizards are against the superhero. Or maybe we might have over-thought it just a little...

The Amazing Spider-Man hits cinemas tomorrow

(Images: Caters, All Star)

Marc Chacksfield
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As Content Director of Shortlist, Marc likes nothing more than to compile endless lists of an evening by candlelight. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.