Cyclura cornuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Cyclura
Species: Cyclura cornuta

Name

Cyclura cornuta (Bonnaterre, 1789)

  • Type material: Unknown.
  • Type locality: “Sainte-Domingue ... dans les mornes de l'hôpital, entre l'Artibonite & les Gonaïves”.

Combinations

  • Lacerta cornuta Bonnaterre 1789: 40 [original combination]
  • Iguana cornuta — Latreille, 1801: 26 [subsequent combination]
  • Metopoceros cornutus — Wagler, 1830: 147 [subsequent combination]
  • Hypsilophus (Metopoceros) cornutus — Fitzinger, 1843: 54 [subsequent combination]
  • Cyclura cornuta — Cope, 1886: 263 [subsequent combination]
  • Aloponotus cornutus — Perrier, 1928: 309 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

  • Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), including many of its offshore islands (Isla Beata, Isla Saona, Île de la Gonâve, Île de la Petit Gonâve, Île Grande Cayemite and Île de la Tortue).

References

Primary references

  • Bonnaterre, P.-J. 1789. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Erpétologie. Chez Panckoucke: Paris. xxviii + 70 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

  • MacLean, W.P., Kellner, R. & Dennis, H. 1977. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service no. 40: 1–47. BHL Reference page. 
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian amphibians and reptiles: A check-list. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology no. 74: 1–264. ISBN 978-0893261566 Reference page. 
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p. ISBN 9780813010496 Reference page. 
  • Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Adler, K. & Dundee, H.A. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. pp. 51–93 + 8 pls. In Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Contributions to Herpetology. Volume 12. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Ithaca, New York. 457 pp. ISBN 9780916984373 Reference page. 
  • Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, Florida. 495 pp. ISBN 9780813033945 Reference page. 
  • Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. 2012. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2): 85–166. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nashornleguan
English: Rhinoceros iguana
日本語: サイイグアナ
ไทย: ไรโน อีกัวนา, อีกัวนาแรด
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