The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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CERATOGYMNA

(Bucerotidae; Ϯ Yellow-casqued Hornbill C. elata) Gr. κερας keras, κερατος keratos  horn (i.e. hornbill); γυμνος gumnos  naked; "Circumorbital skin, extensive inflatable bare throat, and limp wattles cobalt-blue" (Kemp 1995); "2. CERATOGYMNA, Bp.  —  3. elata, Temm." (Bonaparte 1854); "Ceratogymna Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, no. 11, Aug. 1854, p. 312.1  Type, by monotypy, Buceros elatus Temminck.   ...   1 Usually cited from p. 2 of the separately paged reprint "Consp. Vol. Anisodact."" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 269). 
Synon. Sphagolobus.


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