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    Species Accepted

    Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820)

    Casque-headed Iguana
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Corytophanes
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Basilic casqué French
      Basilisco dall'elmo Italian
      Casque-headed Iguana English
      Elegant Helmeted Basilisk English
      Elegant Helmeted Lizard English
      Glathovedet Hjelmbasilisk Danish
      Glattköpfige Helmleguan German
      Helmeted Basilisk English
      Helmeted Iguana English
      Helmleguan German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      68 results
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      Johnson, J. D. (1989). A biogeographic analysis of the herpetofauna of northwestern Nuclear Central America. Milwaukee Public Mus. Contrib. In Biol. And Geol. No. 76, 66 Pp.
      ZÚÑIGA, JORGE A. SANDI & RABY NUÑEZ. (2023). Helmeted Basilisk (Corytophanes cristatus) predation by Red-eyed Tree Snake (Siphlophis compressus) in Rainmaker, Parrita, Costa Rica. Reptiles & Amphibians 30(1): E18935–E18935.
      Köhler, G. (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 Pp.
      Scott, N. J. (1976). The abundance and diversity of the herpetofaunas of tropical forest litter. Biotropica 8 (1): 41-58.
      Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. (1837). Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 Pp.
      Laking AE, Solís JM, Brown T, Maddock ST, Burdekin O, Taylor P, Lonsdale G, Green SEW, Martin TE, Galdamez JR, Kolby JE, Erens J, & Jocque M. (2024). The amphibians and reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Northwest Honduras: updates from a long-term conservation programme. In: Lipińska M, Lopez-Selva MM, Sierra JM (Eds) Biodiversity research in Central America. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(2): 37-62.
      Schwenk, K.;Sessions, S. K.;Seale, D. M. Peccinini. (1982). Karyotypes of the basiliscine lizards Corytophanes cristatus and Corytophanes hernandesii, with comments on the relationship between chromosomal and morphological evolution in lizards. Herpetologica 38 (4): 493-501.
      Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Jesus Pacheco, Fernando Mendoza-Quijano, Federico Bolaños,Gerardo Cháves , Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich & Gerardo Ceballos. (2008). Diversity, natural history and conservation of amphibians and reptiles from the San Vito Region, southwestern Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56 (2): 755-778.
      Beyer, M. (2003). Haltung und Nachzucht von Corytophanes cristatus (MERREM 1821). Iguana Rundschreiben 16 (2): 23-29.

      Citation

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