Corytophanes

Corytophanes is a genus of Neotropical lizards, commonly referred to as helmeted iguanas or helmeted basilisks, in the family Corytophanidae. The genus contains three species, all of which are arboreal, and reside in tropical forests.[2]

Corytophanes
Corytophanes cristatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Corytophanidae
Genus: Corytophanes
H. Boie in Schlegel, 1826
Species

Three, see text.

Synonyms[1]

Chamæleopsis, Corythophanes

Species

These species are recognized as being valid:[3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820)helmeted iguanaChiapas in southern Mexico to north-western Colombia
Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann, 1831)[4]Hernandez's helmeted basiliskMexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Corytophanes percarinatus A.H.A. Duméril, 1856Guatemalan helmeted basiliskEl Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico (Chiapas).

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Corytophanes.

Etymology

The specific name, hernandesii, is in honor of Spanish naturalist Francisco Hernández (1514-1587).[5]

References

  1. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus "Corythophanes [sic]", p. 101).
  2. Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. ("Corythophanes [sic]", p. 291).
  3. Genus Corytophanes at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. Wilson LD, McCranie JR (2002). "Update on the list of reptiles known from Honduras". Herpetological Review 33 (2): 90-94.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Corytophanes hernandesii, p. 122).

Further reading

  • Schlegel H (1826). "Herpetologische Nachrichten ". Isis von Oken 20 (3): 281-294. (Corytophanes, new genus, p. 290). (in German),



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