Corytophanes

<i>Corytophanes</i>

Corytophanes

Genus of lizards

Corytophanes is a genus of Neotropical lizards, commonly called helmeted iguanas or basilisks, in the family Corytophanidae. The genus contains three arboreal species and resides in tropical forests.[2]

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Species

These species are recognized as being valid:[3]

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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. [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. [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. [3]
    Genus Corytophanes at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. [4]
    Wilson LD, McCranie JR (2002). "Update on the list of reptiles known from Honduras". Herpetological Review 33 (2): 90-94.
  5. [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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