Leiocephalus stictigaster SCHWARTZ, 1959

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Leiocephalus stictigaster stictigaster SCHWARTZ 1959 Leiocephalus stictigaster astictus SCHWARTZ 1959 Leiocephalus stictigaster celeustes SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster exotheotus SCHWARTZ 1959 Leiocephalus stictigaster gibarensis SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster lipomator SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster lucianus SCHWARTZ 1960 Leiocephalus stictigaster naranjoi SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster ophiplacodes SCHWARTZ 1964 Leiocephalus stictigaster parasphex SCHWARTZ 1964 Leiocephalus stictigaster septentrionalis GARRIDO 1975 Leiocephalus stictigaster sierrae SCHWARTZ 1959
Common Names	E: Cuban Striped Curlytail, Cabo Corrientes Curlytail lizard
Synonym	Leiocephalus stictigaster SCHWARTZ 1959:121 Holotropis microlophus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837 (part) Liocephalus [sic] vittatus BOULENGER 1885: 163 (part) Leiocephalus cubensis BARBOUR 1916 (part) Leiocephalus stictigaster — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 452 Leiocephalus stictigaster — RODRÍGUEZ SCHETTINO 1999: 143 Leiocephalus stictigaster astictus SCHWARTZ 1959 Leiocephalus stictigaster astictus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster celeustes SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster celeustes — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster exotheotus SCHWARTZ 1959 Leiocephalus stictigaster exotheotus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster gibarensis SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster gibarensis — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster lipomator SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster lipomator — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster lucianus SCHWARTZ 1960 Leiocephalus stictigaster lucianus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster naranjoi SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1968 Leiocephalus stictigaster naranjoi — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster ophiplacodes SCHWARTZ 1964 Leiocephalus stictigaster ophiplacodes — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster parasphex SCHWARTZ 1964 Leiocephalus stictigaster parasphex — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster septentrionalis GARRIDO 1975 Leiocephalus stictigaster septentrionalis — ESTRADA 1998 Leiocephalus stictigaster septentrionalis — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus stictigaster septentrionalis — CABALLERO et al. 2022 Leiocephalus stictigaster sierrae SCHWARTZ 1959 Leiocephalus stictigaster sierrae — HEDGES et al. 2019
Distribution	Cuba (island-wide but scattered), Isla de la Juventud Leiocephalus stictigaster stictigaster: Peninsula de Guanahacabibes; intergrades with L. s. sierrae in east. Type locality: Beach on Cabo Corrientes, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba. astictus: Isla de la Juventud, south of Ciénaga de Lanier. celeustes: vicinity of Bueycito, Jaraquito, Contramaestre, Jiguani; perhaps also at Santa Maria de Loreto. exotheotus: Isla de la Juventud, north of Ciénaga de Lanier. gibarensis: northern Holguin and Las Tunas provinces. lipomator: central Villa Clara Province. lucianus: northern Camagüey coast. naranjoi: south-central coast, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus provinces. ophiplacodes: serpentine savannas of Camagüey Province. parasphex: Cayo Sabinal; probably also Cayo Romano. septentrionalis: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey. sierrae: Pinar del Rio Province, in both lowlands and uplands of Sierra de bs Ôrganos and Sierra del Rosario. INCERTAE SEDIS: Specimens from Sierra de la Gran Piedra, Santiago de Cuba Province, west of Bahia de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province, and Girdn, Matanzas Province, are unassigned subspecifically.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 77864. Holotype: AMNH 81095 [astictus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1182 [celeustes] Holotype: AMNH 81066 [exotheotus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1236 [gibarensis] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1230 [lipomator] Holotype: AMNH 83583 [lucianus] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 200 [naranjoi] Holotype: AMNH 92771 [ophiplacodes] Holotype: AMNH 92153 [parasphex] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 3425 [septentrionalis] Holotype: AMNH 77813 [sierrae]
Diagnosis
Comment	Illustrations: Schwartz, 1959; Schwartz, 1964; Schwartz and Garrido, 1968. Subspecies: all recognized by Pregill 1992.
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 CABALLERO, DAYLON FUNDORA; FÉLIX BRAVO CABRERA, AILÍN ABREU PORTALES & ODEY MARTÍNEZ LLÁNES. 2022. Herpetofauna of the Elemento Natural Destacado Dunas de Playa Pilar, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. Reptiles & Amphibians 29(1): 191–194. - get paper here Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp. - get paper here Estrada, A.R. 1998. Anfibios y Reptiles Encontrados Durante 1988 y 1989 en Cayo Paredón Grande, Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey, Cuba. Carib. J. Sci. 34 (1-2): 106-112 Fläschendräger, Axel 2017. Beobachtungen an einigen Anolis-Arten im westlichen Kuba. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (5): 52-63 - get paper here Garrido, O. H. 1975. Nuevos reptiles del archipielago cubano. Poeyana 141:1-58. 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 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 Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes (ed.) 1999. The iguanid lizards of Cuba. University Press of Florida, 428 pp. Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - get paper here Schwartz, A. 1959. Variation in lizards of the Leiocephalus cubensis complex in Cuba and the Isla de Pinos. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 4: 97-143. - get paper here Schwartz, A. 1964. New subspecies of Leiocephalus from Cuba. Quarterly J. Florida Acad. Sci. 27(3):211-22. - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Schwartz, A. and Garrido, O.H. 1968. Four new subspecies of Leiocephalus stictigaster from Cuba. Natl. Mus. Canada Nat. Hist. Pap. 37:1-23. Schwartz, Albert 1960. A new subspecies of Leiocephalus stictigaster Schwartz from central Cuba. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 73: 103-106 - get paper here
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