Cyclura cornuta

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Cyclura cornuta

Taxonavigation

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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

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Cyclura cornuta (Bonnaterre, 1789)

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

Combinations

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  • Lacerta cornuta Bonnaterre 1789: 40 [original combination]
  • Iguana cornutaLatreille, 1801: 26 [subsequent combination]
  • Metopoceros cornutusWagler, 1830: 147 [subsequent combination]
  • Hypsilophus (Metopoceros) cornutusFitzinger, 1843: 54 [subsequent combination]
  • Cyclura cornutaCope, 1886: 263 [subsequent combination]
  • Aloponotus cornutusPerrier, 1928: 309 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

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  • 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).

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Primary references

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  • 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

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Vernacular names

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