Hispaniolan curlytail lizard

Hispaniolan curlytail lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Leiocephalidae
Genus:Leiocephalus
Species: L. schreibersii
Binomial name
Leiocephalus schreibersii
(Gravenhorst, 1837)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pristinotus schreibersii
    Gravenhorst, 1837
  • Liocephalus [sic] schreibersii
    — Cope, 1868
  • Leiocephalus schreibersi [sic]
    — Schwartz, 1975

The Hispaniolan curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus schreibersii ), also commonly known as the red-sided curly-tailed lizard, is a common lizard species native to the Caribbean, though an established introduced population can be found in southern Florida.

Etymology

The specific name, schreibersi, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.[3]

Behavior and diet

L. schreibersii is active during the day and feeds mainly on insects.

References

  1. ↑ Powell R; Hedges SB; Mayer GC (2009). "Leiocephalus schreibersii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
  2. ↑ Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. ("Leiocephalus schreibersi [sic]", p. 138).
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiocephalus schreibersii, p. 238).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Liocephalus [sic] schreibersii ", pp. 162–163).
  • Gravenhorst JLC (1837). "Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen ". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher / Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 18: 712-784. (Pristonotus schreibersii, new species, pp. 739–742 + Plate LIV, figures 15, 16). (in German).


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