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Leiocephalus inaguae COCHRAN, 1931

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Higher TaxaLeiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Inagua Curlytail Lizard 
SynonymLeiocephalus inaguae COCHRAN 1931: 39
Leiocephalus inaguae — COCHRAN 1934: 35
Leiocephalus inaguae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 431
Leiocephalus inaguae— PREGILL 1992: 44 
DistributionBahamas, Great Inagua I

Type locality: Man of War Bay, Great Inagua Island, Bahama Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 81277. 
Diagnosis 
CommentIllustrations: Klingel, 1940. 
EtymologyNamed 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.
 
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