Leiocephalus cuneus ETHERIDGE, 1964

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Leeward Islands Curlytail
Synonym	Leiocephalus cuneus ETHERIDGE 1964 Leiocephalus cuneus — PREGILL 1992: 41 Leiocephalus cf. cuneus — LORVELEC et al. 2007 Leiocephalus cuneus — POWELL 2016
Distribution	Fossils are known from Barbuda and Antigua (possibly Anguilla and Guadeloupe, Grande Terre) Type locality: Cave V, Two Foot Bay on the north coast of Barbuda, BWl.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UF (= FSM) 8226. Left dentary.
Diagnosis
Comment	Conservation: Extinct (Powell 2016). Etheridge referred numerous skeletal elements to this species which might have survived until recently.
References	Daltry, Jennifer C. 2007. An introduction to the herpetofauna of Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda, with some conservation recommendations. Applied Herpetology 4 (2): 97-130. - get paper here Etheridge, R. 1964. Late Pleistocene lizards from Barbuda, British West Indies. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 9: 43-75. - get paper here Lorvelec, Olivier; Pascal, Michel; Pavis, Claudie; Feldmann, Philippe. 2007. Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: inventory, threats and conservation. Applied Herpetology 4 (2):131-161 - get paper here Powell, R. 2016. Leiocephalus cuneus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T75306422A115482357 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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