Leiocephalus lunatus COCHRAN, 1934

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Leiocephalus lunatus lunatus COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor MERTENS 1939 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenoscelis SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi SCHWARTZ 1967
Common Names	E: Hispaniolan Maskless Curlytail, Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard
Synonym	Leiocephalus personatus lunatus COCHRAN 1934:153 Leiocephalus personatus lunatus — MERTENS 1939: 47 Leiocephalus personatus lunatus — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus lunatus — SCHWARTZ 1967: 24 Leiocephalus lunatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 434 Leiocephalus lunatus— PREGILL 1992: 46 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor MERTENS 1939 Leiocephalus personatus arenicolor MERTENS 1939: 48 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor — SCHWARTZ 1967: 27 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus personatus louisae COCHRAN 1934: 177 Leiocephalus personatus louisae — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus personatus louisae — SCHWARTZ 1967: 32 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenoscelis SCHWARTZ 1967: 29 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenascelis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenascelis — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi — HEDGES et al. 2019
Distribution	Hispaniola (S/E Dominican Republic), Isla Saona, Isla Catalina lunatus: south coast, between Rio Haina and Rio Ozama; Type locality: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana. arenicolor: south coast, between San Pedro de Macoris and Boca de Chav6n. lewisi: south coast between Rio Ozama and Boca Chica. louisae: Isla Saona. melaenascelis: Isla Catalina. thomasi: extreme southeast coast.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: FMNH 166. Holotype: SMF 25715 [arenicolor] Holotype: CM 45867 [lewisi] Holotype: MCZ 37551 [louisae] Holotype: MCZ 81096 [melaenascelis] Holotype: MCZ 81097 [thomasi] Holotype: MCZ 81096, an adult male, one of a series collected by D.C. Leber, R.F. Klinikowski, A. Schwartz, and R. Thomas on 20 August 1963 [melaenoscelis]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2620 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Illustrations: Mertens, 1939 (as L. p. lunatus); Cochran, 1941 (as subspecies of L. personatus); Schwartz, 1967.
References	Cochran, D. M. 1934. Herpetological collections made in Hispaniola by the Utowana Expedition. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 163-188 Cochran, D. M. 1934. A new lizard, Leiocephalus personatus lunatus, from the Dominican Republic. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 153-156. Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53 Mertens, R. 1938. Amphibien und Reptilien aus Santo Domingo, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. H. Böker. Senckenbergiana 20 (5): 332-342 Mertens, R. 1939. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach der Insel Hispaniola, Westindien. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 449: 1-84. Powell, R. and M. E. Gifford. 2010. Leiocephalus lunatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (872): 1-5 - 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. 1967. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) of Hispaniola. II. The Leiocephalus personatus complex. Tulane Studies in Zoology 14: 1-53 - 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.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida1.html http://www.wildherps.com/families/Tropiduridae.html Google images

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