Cyclura cornuta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Iguanidae
Genus: Cyclura
Species:

Cyclura cornuta (Bonnaterre, 1789)

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

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]

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).

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

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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cyclura cornuta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 June 2023.
Pasachnik, S.A. & Carreras De León, R. 2019. IUCN: Cyclura cornuta (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T6042A3099941. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T6042A3099941.en. Accessed on 13 June 2023.