Hispaniolan curlytail lizard

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Hispaniolan curlytail lizard
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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] [3]
  • Pristinotus schreibersiiGravenhorst, 1837
  • Steironotus schreibersii [4]
  • Liocephalus [sic] schreibersii [5]
  • Leiocephalus schreibersi [sic] [6]

The Hispaniolan curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus schreibersii), also known as the Hispaniolan khaki curlytail, the red-sided curlytail lizard, the red-sided curly-tailed lizard, or Schreibers's curly-tailed lizard, is a common lizard species in the family Leiocephalidae. It is native to Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean, and an introduced population is found in southern Florida. There are two recognized subspecies.

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Taxonomy

Etymology

The specific name, schreibersi, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers. [7]

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, two subspecies are recognized as being valid. [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leiocephalus.

Distribution and habitat

L. schreibersii is indigenous to the main island of Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Île de la Tortue. It is also found in Florida as an introduced species. [2] The preferred natural habitat of L. schreibersii is shrubland at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft). [1]

Life cycle and behavior

L. schreibersii is oviparous. [2]

L. schreibersii is active during the day.[ citation needed ] It feeds mainly on insects.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Leiocephalus schreibersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T178591A71747439. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178591A71747439.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Leiocephalus schreibersii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. Fitzinger, 1843
  5. Cope, 1868
  6. Schwartz, 1968
  7. 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).

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