corytophanid

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WOTD – 3 April 2021

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The smooth helmeted iguana (Corytophanes cristatus) is a corytophanid.

translingual Corytophanidae +‎ -id. Corytophanidae is derived from Ancient Greek κόρῠθος (kóruthos, “helmet”) + φᾰνερός (phanerós, “visible”) + -idae, referring to the lizard’s prominent helmet-like head crest.[1]

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corytophanid (plural corytophanids)

  1. (herpetology (saurology)) Any lizard in the family Corytophanidae; a casquehead or helmeted lizard.
    • 2004 October 30, Josiah H. Townsend, James R. McCranie, Larry David Wilson, “Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem): Smoothhead Helmeted Basilisk, Turipache Selvático”, in Andrew H. Price, editor, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles‎[1], New York, N.Y.: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 March 2021, page 789.2, column 1:
      The species differs from other corytophanids by having a triangular-shaped head casque projecting posteriorly past the head.

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  1. ^ James R. McCranie (2018) “Order Squamata”, in Jonathan Losos, editor, The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras: Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation (Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Special Publications Series; no. 2), Cambridge, Mass., London: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, →ISBN, page 186, column 1.

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