Leiocephalus herminieri (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837)
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Higher Taxa | Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Martinique Curlytail Lizard G: Herminiers Glattkopfleguan |
Synonym | Holotropis herminieri DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 261 Holotropis Herminieri — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 268 Liocephalus [sic] herminieri — BOULENGER 1885: 166 Leiocephalus herminieri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 430 Leiocephalus herminieri — JOSEPH-OUNI 2006 |
Distribution | Martinique Type locality: Îles de la Trinité et de la Martinique. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1826, MNHN-RA 2389, MNHN-RA 6829; other specimens: BMNH 52.12.3.10, received from Paris fide Boulenger 1885. |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size large (maximum SVL 126 mm in male, 139 mm in female in only known, sexed specimens); strong oblique fold anterior to arm; head scales large, more or less distinctly striate; dorsal scales large, keeled, the keels forming continuous oblique series; dorsal crest scales well developed, height about equal to eye-opening; lateral and ventral scales smaller, keeled. Dorsal ground color (as preserved) greenish brown, with or without irregular, yellowish crossbands on back; head yellowish with 4 or 5 vertical black bars on each side; venter yellowish; throat with oblique, black transverse bands (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 430). |
Comment | Conservation: Only known from a skeleton, presumably from Martinique. Extinct since 1840 fide JOSEPH-OUNI 2006. Illustration in DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, planche 44; Kwet 2013. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after Felix Louis L'Herminier (1779-1833), French pharmacist and naturalist who left France (1794) for America and settled in Guadeloupe, West Indies and later on the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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