| Smooth helmeted iguana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Corytophanidae |
| Genus: | Corytophanes |
| Species: | C. cristatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Corytophanes cristatus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
The smooth helmeted iguana (Corytophanes cristatus),[1][2][3] also known as the helmeted iguana, the helmeted basilisk, the elegant helmeted lizard, and several other common names,[3] is a species of Basilisk and a New World lizard in the family Corytophanidae.[1][2] The species is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.
- ^ a b c Bolívar, W.; Caicedo, J.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Corytophanes cristatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T197476A2488206. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T197476A2488206.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Corytophanes cristatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 July 2018.
- ^ a b Wrobel, Murray (4 December 2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. Elsevier. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2.