Leiocephalus loxogrammus
Leiocephalus loxogrammus, commonly known as the Rum Cay curlytail lizard and the San Salvador curly-tailed lizard, is a lizard species in the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae). The species is endemic to The Bahamas and is only known to be found on San Salvador Island and Rum Cay.
| Leiocephalus loxogrammus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiocephalidae |
| Genus: | Leiocephalus |
| Species: | L. loxogrammus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leiocephalus loxogrammus (Cope, 1887) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Subspecies
Two subspecies have been described for the two different island populations: L. l. loxogrammus on Rum Cay and L. l. parnelli on San Salvador Island.[2]
References
- "Leiocephalus loxogrammus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 714 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496.
Further reading
- Cope ED (1887). "List of the Batrachia and Reptilia of the Bahama Islands". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 10: 436-439. ("Liocephalus [sic] loxogrammus ", new species, pp. 437-438).
- 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 loxogrammus, p. 130).
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