Leiocephalus melanochlorus COPE, 1863

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Leiocephalus melanochlorus melanochlorus COPE 1863 Leiocephalus melanochlorus hypsistus SCHWARTZ 1966
Common Names	E: Tiburon Curlytail, Jeremie Curlytail Lizard
Synonym	Leiocephalus melanochlorus COPE 1863 Liocephalus [sic] melanochlorus COPE 1862: 184 Liocephalus melanochlorus — BOULENGER 1885: 164 Leiocephalus melanochlorus — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus melanochlorus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 438 Leiocephalus melanochlorus— PREGILL 1992: 47 Leiocephalus melanochlorus melanochlorus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus melanochlorus hypsistus SCHWARTZ 1966 Leiocephalus melanochlorus hypsistus SCHWARTZ 1966 Leiocephalus melanochlorus hypsistus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus melanochlorus hypsistus — HEDGES et al. 2019
Distribution	Hispaniola (S Haiti), Ile-a-Vache melanochlorus: western and central portions of Tiburon Peninsula; Île-à-Vache. elevation 0 ft to 5410 ft.; Type locality: Near Jérémie, Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti. hypsistus: Montagne Noire, Massif de la Selle, Morne de Cayette. elevation 0 ft to above 5000 ft.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: MCZ 3598, USNM 53402, CAS 39392. Holotype: MCZ 81063 [hypsistus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Illustrations: Schmidt, 1921 (as L. eremitus); Cochran, 1941.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here Cope, E.D. 1863. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 176-188. - 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 Schmidt, K.P. 1921. The herpetology of Navassa Island. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44(18): 555-559 - get paper here Schwartz, A. 1966. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola I. Leiocephalus melanochlorus Cope. Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (2): 39-48 [1965] - 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… Google images

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