Helmeted Iguana

The smooth helmeted iguana (Corytophanes cristatus), also known as the helmeted iguana, the helmeted basilisk, the elegant helmeted lizard, and several other common names, is a species of Basilisk and a New World lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Helmeted Iguana being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Corytophanes hernandesii
• Lophosaurus spinipes
• Corytophanes percarinatus
• Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus
• Acanthosaura coronata

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Corytophanidae

Genus

Corytophanes

Species

Corytophanes cristatus

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