laticeps
Laticeps is a Latin adjective used in biological nomenclature as a species epithet, not as the name of a genus or a standalone taxon. In binomial names, laticeps serves as the second element (the specific epithet) and is intended to describe a characteristic of the species—specifically, a broad or wide head relative to related forms. Because the epithet is descriptive rather than taxonomically hierarchical, it can appear in many unrelated lineages across different groups.
Etymology and meaning: laticeps combines lati-, meaning broad, with -ceps, derived from caput, meaning head. The
Taxonomic usage: The epithet laticeps is found across a variety of organisms, including birds, reptiles, fishes,
Notes: As with many descriptive epithets, laticeps may refer to historical descriptions and does not convey