Laemanctus
| Laemanctus | |
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| Laemanctus longipes, eastern casquehead iguana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Corytophanidae |
| Genus: | Laemanctus Wiegmann, 1834 |
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Laemanctus longipes | |
Laemanctus is a genus of corytophanid lizards, commonly referred to as conehead lizards or casquehead iguanas, which are endemic to Central America.[1]
Description
Tympanum distinct. Plane of top of head sloping forward, occipital region raised and extending beyond occiput. Body laterally compressed, covered with imbricate keeled scales. A strong transverse gular fold present. Gular pouch absent. Limbs very long, infradigital lamellae with a median tubercle-like keel. Femoral pores absent. Tail very long, round in cross section. Lateral teeth tricuspid, pterygoid teeth present. Clavicle loop-shaped proximally. Sternal fontanelle absent. Abdominal ribs absent.[2]
Species
The genus consists of two recognized species with six subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies:[3]
- Laemanctus longipes Wiegmann, 1834 - eastern casquehead iguana
- Laemanctus serratus Cope, 1864 - serrated casquehead iguana
- Laemanctus serratus alticoronatus Cope, 1866
- Laemanctus serratus mccoyi Pérez-Higareda & Vogt, 1985
- Laemanctus serratus serratus Cope, 1864
References
- ↑ Goin, C.J.; O.B. Goin; G.R. Zug. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Laemanctus, p. 291.)
- ↑ Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I.- XXIV. (Genus Læmanctus, p. 104.)
- ↑ "Laemanctus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- McCoy, C.J. 1968. A review of the genus Laemanctus (Reptilia, Iguanidae). Copeia 1968 (4): 665-678.
- Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1834. Herpetologica Mexicana, seu Descriptio Amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae Itineribus Comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Berolinense Pervenerunt. Pars Prima, Saurorum Species Amplectens. Adiecto Systematis Saurorum Prodromo, Additisque Multis in hunc Amphibiorum Ordinem Observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I.- X. (Laemanctus, new genus, pp. 45–46.)