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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.[1]

Species

These species are recognized as being valid:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Файл:Corytophanes Cristatus.jpg Corytophanes cristatus Шаблон:Small helmeted iguana Chiapas in southern Mexico to north-western Colombia
Файл:Corytophanes hernandesii.jpeg Corytophanes hernandesii Шаблон:Small[3] Hernandez's helmeted basilisk Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Файл:Corytophanes percarinatus 44897832.jpg Corytophanes percarinatus Шаблон:Small 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

The specific name, hernandesii, is in honor of Spanish naturalist Francisco Hernández (1514-1587).[4]

References

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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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  1. Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. ("Corythophanes [sic]", p. 291).
  2. Шаблон:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Wilson LD, McCranie JR (2002). "Update on the list of reptiles known from Honduras". Herpetological Review 33 (2): 90-94.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Corytophanes hernandesii, p. 122).