Leiocephalus inaguae COCHRAN, 1931

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Inagua Curlytail Lizard
Synonym	Leiocephalus inaguae COCHRAN 1931: 39 Leiocephalus inaguae — COCHRAN 1934: 35 Leiocephalus inaguae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 431 Leiocephalus inaguae— PREGILL 1992: 44
Distribution	Bahamas, Great Inagua I Type locality: Man of War Bay, Great Inagua Island, Bahama Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 81277.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2161 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Illustrations: Klingel, 1940.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Cochran, D. M. 1931. New Bahaman reptiles. J. Washington Acad. Sci. Sci. 21: 39-40. - get paper here Cochran, D. M. 1934. Herpetological collections from the West Indies made by Dr. Paul Bartsch under The Walter Rathbone Bacon Scholarship, 1928-1930. Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 92 (7): 1-48. - get paper here Klingel,G.C. 1940. The Ocean Island (Inagua). Dodd, Mead Co., NY: xii + 385 pp. KÖHLER, GUNTHER; MARCOS J. RODRÍGUEZ BOBADILLA, S. BLAIR HEDGES 2016. A new dune-dwelling lizard of the genus Leiocephalus (Iguania, Leiocephalidae) from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 4121 (5): 517–532 - get paper here Pregill,G.K. 1992. Systematics of the West Indian Lizard Genus Leiocephalus (Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae). Misc. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. 84: 1-69 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.seh-herpetology.org/images/atlas/pdf/squamata/leiina.pdf Google images

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