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Curly-tailed Lizards
Leiocephalus
Leiocephalus, also known as the curlytail lizards or curly-tailed lizards, is a genus of iguanian lizards restricted to the West Indies. It is the only genus in the family Leiocephalidae. One of the defining features of these lizards is that their tail often curls over. They were previously regarded as members of the subfamily Leiocephalinae within the family Tropiduridae. There are presently 30 known species in the genus
31 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Northern Curly-tailed Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus carinatus
Cayman Curly-tailed Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus varius
Haitian Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus personatus
Turks and Caicos Curlytail
speciesLeiocephalus psammodromus
Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail
speciesLeiocephalus schreibersii
Cuban Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus cubensis
Monte Verde Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus macropus
Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus lunatus
Mountain Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus raviceps
Barahona Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus barahonensis
Cabo Corrientes Curlytail lizard
speciesLeiocephalus stictigaster
Pale-bellied Hispaniolan Curlytail
speciesLeiocephalus semilineatus
Rum Cay Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus loxogrammus
Hispaniolan Dune Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus sixtoi
Sierra Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus onaneyi
Inagua Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus inaguae
Tiburon Curlytail
speciesLeiocephalus melanochlorus
Alto Velo curlytail lizard
speciesLeiocephalus altavelensis
Spotted Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus punctatus
East Plana Curlytail
speciesLeiocephalus greenwayi
Jamaican Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus jamaicensis
Martinique Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus herminieri
Antiguan curly-tailed lizard
speciesLeiocephalus cuneus
Guanica Curlytail
speciesLeiocephalus partitus
Cochran's Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus vinculum
Navassa Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus eremitus
Morovis Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus etheridgei
Leiocephalus roquetus
speciesLeiocephalus roquetus
Atalaye Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus pratensis
Central Haitian Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus endomychus
Haitian Black-throated Curlytail Lizard
speciesLeiocephalus rhutidira
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39279.