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
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The Guatemalan helmeted basilisk (Corytophanes percarinatus) is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico.
C. percarinatus is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico ( Chiapas). [2]
Other common names for C. percarinatus include keeled helmeted basilisk, keeled helmeted iguana, and turipache de hojarasca in Spanish. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of C. percarinatus are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft). [1]
C. percarinatus is viviparous. [2] [3]
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
[2]
|
The Guatemalan helmeted basilisk (Corytophanes percarinatus) is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico.
C. percarinatus is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico ( Chiapas). [2]
Other common names for C. percarinatus include keeled helmeted basilisk, keeled helmeted iguana, and turipache de hojarasca in Spanish. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of C. percarinatus are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft). [1]
C. percarinatus is viviparous. [2] [3]