Corytophanes
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Corytophanes is a genus of Neotropical lizards, commonly referred to as helmeted iguanas or helmeted basilisks. They are all arboreal, and reside in tropical forests. There are currently three recognized species.
Species
- helmeted iguanaHelmeted IguanaThe helmeted iguana is a species of lizard found from southern Mexico to South America. It lives in rainforests. It has long limbs and climbs well. It feeds on insects, spiders, worms, and other lizards...
- Corytophanes cristatus (MerremBlasius MerremBlasius Merrem was a German naturalist.Merrem was born at Bremen, and studied at the university of Göttingen under Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. He developed an interest in zoology, particularly ornithology...
, 1820) - Hernandez's helmeted basilisk - Corytophanes hernandezi [or hernandesii] (WiegmannArend Friedrich August WiegmannArend Friedrich August Wiegmann was a German zoologist. He studied medicine and philology at the University of Leipzig, and afterwards was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein in Berlin...
, 1831) - Guatemalan helmeted basiliskGuatemalan Helmeted BasiliskThe Guatemalan helmeted basilisk is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae that is found in Guatemala and southern Mexico....
- Corytophanes percarinatus A. DumérilAuguste DumérilAuguste Henri André Duméril was a French zoologist. He was professor of Herpetology and Ichthyology at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1857. His father André Marie Constant Duméril was also a zoologist...
, 1856