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Helmeted Basilisks
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Helmeted Basilisks

Corytophanes

Corytophanes is a genus of Neotropical lizards, commonly referred to as helmeted iguanas or helmeted basilisks. The genus contains three species, all of which are arboreal, and reside in tropical forests.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Helmeted Iguana

speciesCorytophanes cristatus

Hernandez’s Helmeted Basilisk

speciesCorytophanes hernandesii

Guatemalan helmeted basilisk

speciesCorytophanes percarinatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33114.