| Guatemalan helmeted basilisk | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Corytophanidae |
| Genus: | Corytophanes |
| Species: | C. percarinatus |
| 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]
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