Corytophanidae

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Corytophanidae is a family of lizards also called casque head lizards. They typically have well-developed head crests in the shape of a casque. The casque head is a sexually dimorphic character, found only on males. There are 9 known species of casqu heads from 3 genera (below).

Classification

Family Corytophanidae

• Genus Basiliscus
• Genus Corytophanes
• Genus Laemanctus

 

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