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Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern curlytail lizard)

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy

Leiocephalus carinatus was named by Gray (1827). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. jamaicensis, L. septentrionalis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1827	Leiocephalus carinatus Gray
1994	Leiocephalus carinatus Morgan p. 474

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Iguanomorpha	Sukhanov 1961
—	Pleurodonta	(Cope 1864)
family	Iguanidae	Oppel 1811
genus	Leiocephalus	Gray 1827
species	carinatus	Gray 1827

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.

Leiocephalus carinatus Gray 1827 [Northern curlytail lizard]

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

omnivoref

Created:

2005-09-05 19:41:07

Modified:

2005-09-05 21:41:07

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	Bahamas (New Providence Island)	Leiocephalus carinatus (144649)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman)	Leiocephalus carinatus (210532)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac)	Leiocephalus carinatus (210541)