Curly-tailed lizards

Curly-tailed lizards
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Leiocephalidae
Frost & Etheridge, 1989
Genus: Leiocephalus
Gray, 1827[1]

The curly-tailed lizards are a family, Leiocephalidae, of lizards which are widely distributed throughout much of the Caribbean, but are relatively unstudied. They were previously regarded as members of subfamily Leiocephalinae within the family Tropiduridae. There are presently 29 known species. Leiocephalus is the only genus in the family Leiocephalidae.

Species & subspecies

The following species and subspecies, listed alphabetically by scientific name, are recognized as being valid.[2]

References

  1. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading


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