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Higher TaxaCorytophanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesLaemanctus longipes longipes WIEGMANN 1834
Laemanctus longipes deborrei BOULENGER 1878 
Common NamesE: Eastern Casquehead Iguana
S: Cutete Policía 
SynonymLaemanctus longipes WIEGMANN 1834: 46
Laemanctus longipes — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 72
Laemanctus de Borrei BOULENGER 1878: 464
Laemanctus longipes — BOULENGER 1885: 105
Laemanctus longipes — PETERS et al. 1970: 153
Laemanctus longipes — LINER 1994
Laemanctus longipes — KÖHLER 2000: 81
Laemanctus longipes — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Laemanctus longipes — HEIMES 2022

Laemanctus longipes deborrei BOULENGER 1878
Laemanctus de Borrei BOULENGER 1878: 465
Laemanctus longipes — MÜLLER 1880: 10
Laemanctus deborrii — GÜNTHER 1885: 54 (unjustified emendation)
Laemanctus deborri — BOULENGER 1885: 106
Laemanctus deborrei — WEBER 1945
Laemanctus deborrei — STUART 1948
Laemanctus deborrei — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 71
Laemanctus deborrei — STUART 1963
Laemanctus deborrei — DUELLMAN 1963: 235
Laemanctus longipes deborrei — MCCOY 1968: 668
Laemanctus longipes deborrei — MCCRANIE & KÖHLER 2004 
DistributionMexico (Veracruz, Colima, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo),
Belize, NW Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, 0-1200 m elevation.

deborrei: Isthmus of Tehuantepec south to Nicaragua. Type locality: “Tabasco (Mexique)”.

longipes; C Veracruz, Mexico.

Type locality: Jalapa, Veracruz.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 494
Syntypes: IRSNB 2003 (Institut Royal des Sciences Naturales de Belgique), 2004, adult males, collector unknown (purchased by a Mr. Linden), collection date unknown (entered into museum ledger 17 November 1857) [deborrei] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1951 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Laemanctus longipes WIEGMANN 1834: 46 is the type species of the genus Laemanctus WIEGMANN 1834.

Synonymy: Laemanctus longipes waltersi SCHMIDT 1933 is now considered as a valid species.

Distribution: not in Yucatan state (Mexico) according to GONZÁLEZ-SÁNCHEZ et al. 2017.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyThe patronym waltersi honors Leon L. Walters, the taxidermist at the FMNH, who accompanied Schmidt when the holotype was collected. 
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