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    Corytophanes

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    Corytophanes
    Corytophanes cristatus.jpg
    Corytophanes cristatus
    Scientific classification e
    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

    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]

    Species[edit]

    These species are recognized as being valid:[3]

    Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
    Corytophanes Cristatus.jpg Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820) helmeted iguana Chiapas in southern Mexico to north-western Colombia
    Corytophanes hernandesii.jpeg Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann, 1831)[4] Hernandez's helmeted basilisk Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
    Corytophanes percarinatus 44897832.jpg Corytophanes percarinatus A.H.A. Duméril, 1856 Guatemalan helmeted basilisk El 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[edit]

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

    References[edit]

    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[edit]

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



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