Guatemalan helmeted basilisk

Guatemalan helmeted basilisk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico.

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]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. percarinatus are forest and savanna, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. percarinatus is viviparous.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Campbell, J.; Muñoz-Alons, A. (2013). "Corytophanes percarinatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197475A2488093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197475A2488093.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Corytophanes percarinatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ McCoy CJ (1968).

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).
  • McCoy CJ (1968). "Reproductive cycles and viviparity in Guatemalan Corythophanes percarinatus (Reptilia: Iguanidae)". Herpetologica 24: 175–178.