Guatemalan helmeted basilisk

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Guatemalan helmeted basilisk
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Corytophanidae
Genus: Corytophanes
Species:
C. percarinatus
Binomial name
Corytophanes percarinatus

The Guatemalan helmeted basilisk (Corytophanes percarinatus) is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae.

Geographic range[]

C. percarinatus is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico (Chiapas).[2]

Common names[]

Other common names for C. percarinatus include keeled helmeted basilisk, keeled helmeted iguana, and turipache de hojarasca in Spanish.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Ariano-Sánchez, D., Campbell, J. & Muñoz-Alons, A. (2013). "Corytophanes percarinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Corytophanes percarinatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading[]

  • Duméril AHA (1856). "Description des reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle et remarques sur la classification et les caractères des reptiles ". Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 8: 437-588. (Corytophanes percarinatus, new species, pp. 518–521). (in French).
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