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Description from Wikipedia

Corytophanidae is a family of lizards also called casque head lizards or helmeted lizards. They typically have well-developed head crests in the shape of a casque. This crest is a sexually dimorphic characteristic, found only on males. There are 9 known species of casque heads from 3 genera.

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