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The Curly-tailed lizards are a family of lizards which are widely distributed throughout the Caribbean, ranging from Cuba to Trinidad but are relatively unstudied. They were previously regarded as subfamily Leiocephalinae within the Tropiduridae family. There are presently 28 species. Leiocephalus is the only genus in the family Leiocephalidae.
Classification Genus Leiocephalus
- Alto Velo Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus altavelensis
- Leiocephalus anonymous
- Leiocephalus apertosulcus
- Orange-bellied Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus barahonensis
- Cuban or Northern Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus
- Leiocephalus carinatus aquarius
- Little Bahama Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus armouri
- Leiocephalus carinatus cayensis
- Saw Scaled Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus coryi
- Cayman Brac Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus granti
- Leiocephalus carinatus hodsoni
- Leiocephalus carinatus labrossytus
- Leiocephalus carinatus microcyon
- Leiocephalus carinatus mogotensis
- Grand Cayman Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus varius
- Leiocephalus carinatus virescens
- Leiocephalus carinatus zayasi
- Cuban Brown Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus cubensis
- Antiguan Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus cuneus
- Hinche Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus endomychus
- Navassa Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus eremitus
- Etheridge's Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus etheridgei
- East Plana Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus greenwayi
- Martinique Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri
- Inagua Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus inaguae
- Jamaican Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus jamaicensis
- San Salvador Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus loxogrammus
- Santa Domingo Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus lunatus
- Cuban Side-blotched Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus macropus
- Tiburon Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus melanochlorus
- Guantanamo Striped Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus onaneyi
- Hispaniolan Masked Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus personatus
- Haitian Striped Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus pratensis
- Turks and Caicos Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus psammodromus
- Crooked Acklins Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus punctatus
- Pallid Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus raviceps
- Black-throated Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus rhutidira
- Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus schreibersii
- Pale-bellied Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus semilineatus
- Cuban Striped Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus stictigaster
- Gonave Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus vinculum
