Biology:Guatemalan helmeted basilisk
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Guatemalan helmeted basilisk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Corytophanidae |
| Genus: | Corytophanes |
| Species: | C. percarinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Corytophanes percarinatus A.H.A. Duméril, 1856[1]
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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).[1]
Common names
Other common names for C. percarinatus include keeled helmeted basilisk, keeled helmeted iguana, and turipache de hojarasca in Spanish.[1]
References
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).
Wikidata ☰ Q2998213 entry
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