Corytophanes hernandesii

Corytophanes hernandesii, also known commonly as Hernandez's helmeted basilisk and el turipache de montaña in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico.

Corytophanes hernandesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Corytophanidae
Genus: Corytophanes
Species:
C. hernandesii
Binomial name
Corytophanes hernandesii
(Wiegmann in Gray, 1831)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chamœleopsis Hernandesii
    Wiegmann in Gray, 1831
  • Corytophanes chamaeleopsis
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
    (nomen substitutum)
  • Corytophanes hernandesii
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Corythophanes chamaeleopsis
    — Sumichrast, 1864
  • Corytophanes hernandesii
    — Boulenger, 1885

Etymology

The specific name, hernandesii, is in honor of Spanish naturalist Francisco Hernández (1514–1587).[3]

Geographic range

C. hernandesii is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, and in the southern Mexican states of Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Yucatán.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. hernandesii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,300 m (4,300 ft).[1]

Behavior

C. hernandesii is diurnal and mostly arboreal.[1]

Reproduction

C. hernandesii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Canseco-Márquez, L.; Lee, J.; Mandujano, R.C.; Sunyer, J.; López-Luna, M.A. (2013). "Corytophanes hernandesii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197474A2488010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197474A2488010.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Species Corytophanes hernandesii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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
  • Gray JE (1831). "A Synopsis of the Species of the Class Reptilia". pp. 1–110. In: Griffith E (1831). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization, by the Baron Cuvier, Member of the Institute of France &c. &c. &c. with Additional Descriptions of All the Species hitherto Named, and of Many not before Noticed, Volume the Ninth. London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 481 + 110 pp. ("Chamœleopsis hernandesii Wiedemann [sic]", new species, p. 45).
  • McCranie JR, Townsend JH, Wilson LD (2004). "Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann), Hernandez's Helmeted Basilisk, Turipache de Montaña". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 790: 1–6.



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