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

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.

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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).

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