Leiocephalus barahonensis SCHMIDT, 1921
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Leiocephalus barahonensis
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| Higher Taxa | Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Leiocephalus barahonensis barahonensis SCHMIDT 1921 Leiocephalus barahonensis aureus COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus barahonensis beatanus NOBLE 1923 Leiocephalus barahonensis oxygaster SCHWARTZ 1967 |
| Common Names | E: Orange-bellied curlytail, Barahona Curlytail Lizard |
| Synonym | Leiocephalus barahonensis SCHMIDT 1921:15 Leiocephalus personatus barahonensis — MERTENS 1938 Leiocephalus personatus barahonensis — MERTENS 1939 Leiocephalus personatus barahonensis — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus barahonensis — SCHWARTZ 1967: 34 Leiocephalus barahonensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 421 Leiocephalus barahonensis — PREGILL 1992: 38 Leiocephalus barahonensis — PYRON 2017 Leiocephalus barahonensis aureus COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus personatus aureus COCHRAN 1934: 175 Leiocephalus personatus aureus — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus barahonensis aureus SCHWARTZ 1967: 39 Leiocephalus barahonensis aureus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 135 Leiocephalus barahonensis aureus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus barahonensis beatanus NOBLE 1923 Leiocephalus beatanus NOBLE 1923: 555 Leiocephalus personatus beatanus — COCHRAN 1934: 177 Leiocephalus personatus beatanus — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus barahonensis beatanus SCHWARTZ 1967: 41 Leiocephalus barahonensis beatanus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 135 Leiocephalus personatus beatanus — TIEDEMANN et al. 1994: 51 Leiocephalus personatus beatanus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus barahonensis oxygaster SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus barahonensis oxygaster SCHWARTZ 1967: 36 Leiocephalus barahonensis oxygaster — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 135 Leiocephalus barahonensis oxygaster — HEDGES et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | SC Hispaniola (SE Haiti, islands off east coast of Peninsula de Barahona) barahonensis: Repûblica Dominicana, north slope of Sierra de Baoruco to northeast coast of Peninsula de Barahona. Elevation: sea level to 1000 ft. Type locality: Barahona, Barahona Province, República Dominicana. aureus: extreme southeastern Haiti, east to Dominico-Haitian border; intergrades with L. b. oxygaster SE Pedernales, República Dominicana. Elevation: sea level to 1900 ft. beatanus: Isla Beata. Type locality: Isla Beata, Republica Dominicana. oxygaster: Repéblica Dominicana, Peninsula de Barahona; presumed subspecies on Cayo Pisaje. Elevation: near sea level. Type locality: “Type locality: 13.1 mi. (21.1 km) SW Enriquillo, Pedernales Province, Republica Dominicana. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 2736. Holotype: AMNH 24330, Paratype: NMW 16621 [beatanus] Holotype: USNM 75909, adult male [aureus] Holotype: MCZ 81098 [oxygaster] |
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| Comment | Illustrations: Noble, 1923 (as L. beatanus); Cochran, 1941 (as subspecies of L. personatus); Schwartz, 1967. Subspecies: Leiocephalus barahonensis altavelensis NOBLE & HASSLER 1933 has been elevated to full species level. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. L. b. altavelensis was named after its type locality, Isla Alto Velo. L. b. aureus was named after the Latin adjective aureolus (= aureus) = "golden". L. b. beatanus was named after its type locality, Isla Beata. L. b. oxygaster was apparently named after its golden yellow-orange to bright orange ventral ground color, from Greek oxys = sharp, acid, and Greek gaster = belly. Schwartz does not explicitly explain the etymology. |
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