corytophanid

English

WOTD – 3 April 2021

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹɪtəʊˈfænɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹɪtoʊˈfænɪd/
Hyphenation: co‧ry‧to‧phan‧id

Noun

corytophanid (plural corytophanids)

(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, New York, N.Y.: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, DOI:10.15781/T24Q7QV3J, OCLC 1731778, 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.

Related terms

Corytophanes
corytophanine

Translations

lizard in the family Corytophanidae

References

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.

Anagrams

anthropodicy

[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.