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Leiocephalus (curly-tailed lizard)
Taxonomy
Leiocephalus was named by Gray (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Iguanidae by Holman and Sullivan (1981), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Iguanidae by Holman and Sullivan (1981), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Leiocephalus Gray |
| 1981 | Leiocephalus Holman and Sullivan p. 141 |
| 1983 | Leiocephalus Estes |
| 1988 | Leiocephalus Carroll |
| 1994 | Leiocephalus Morgan p. 467 |
| 1996 | Leiocephalus Frank and Ramus |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Leiocephalus Gray 1827 [curly-tailed lizard]
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Leiocephalus barahonensis Schmidt 1921 [Barahona curlytail lizard]
Leiocephalus carinatus Gray 1827 [Northern curlytail lizard]
Leiocephalus personatus Cope 1863 [Haitian curlytail lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available