Corytophanes hernandesii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Corytophanidae |
| Genus: | Corytophanes |
| Species: | C. hernandesii
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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[edit]
The specific name, hernandesii, is in honor of Spanish naturalist Francisco Hernández (1514–1587).[3]
Geographic range[edit]
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[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of C. hernandesii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,300 m (4,300 ft).[1]
Behavior[edit]
C. hernandesii is diurnal and mostly arboreal.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
C. hernandesii is oviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Species Corytophanes hernandesii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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]
- 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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