Leiocephalus lunatus COCHRAN, 1934
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Leiocephalus lunatus
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| Higher Taxa | Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Leiocephalus lunatus lunatus COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor MERTENS 1939 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenocelis SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi SCHWARTZ 1967 |
| Common Names | E: Hispaniolan Maskless Curlytail, Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard |
| Synonym | Leiocephalus personatus lunatus COCHRAN 1934:153 Leiocephalus personatus lunatus — MERTENS 1939: 47 Leiocephalus personatus lunatus — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus lunatus — SCHWARTZ 1967: 24 Leiocephalus lunatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 434 Leiocephalus lunatus— PREGILL 1992: 46 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor MERTENS 1939 Leiocephalus personatus arenicolor MERTENS 1939: 48 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor — SCHWARTZ 1967: 27 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae COCHRAN 1934 Leiocephalus personatus louisae COCHRAN 1934: 177 Leiocephalus personatus louisae — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus personatus louisae — SCHWARTZ 1967: 32 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus louisae — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi — HEDGES et al. 2019 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenacelis SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenacelis SCHWARTZ 1967: 29 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenascelis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus melaenoscelis — HEDGES et al. 2019 (in error) Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi SCHWARTZ 1967 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi — HEDGES et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola (S/E Dominican Republic), Isla Saona, Isla Catalina lunatus: south coast, between Rio Haina and Rio Ozama; Type locality: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana. arenicolor: south coast, between San Pedro de Macoris and Boca de Chav6n. lewisi: south coast between Rio Ozama and Boca Chica. louisae: Isla Saona. melaenascelis: Isla Catalina. thomasi: extreme southeast coast. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 166. Holotype: SMF 25715 [arenicolor] Holotype: CM 45867 [lewisi] Holotype: MCZ 37551, adult male [louisae] Holotype: MCZ 81096 [melaenascelis] Holotype: MCZ 81097 [thomasi] Holotype: MCZ 81096, an adult male, one of a series collected by D.C. Leber, R.F. Klinikowski, A. Schwartz, and R. Thomas on 20 August 1963 [melaenoscelis] |
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| Comment | Illustrations: Mertens, 1939 (as L. p. lunatus); Cochran, 1941 (as subspecies of L. personatus); Schwartz, 1967. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin lunatus (= crescent or halfmoon), presumably in reference to the crescent-shaped shoulder patches of this species. L. lunatus arenicolor is from the Latin (= sand color), presumably in reference to the sandy dorsal color in this subspecies. L. lunatus lewisi is a patronym honoring J. K. Lewis, who collected some of the paratypes of this subspecies. L. lunatus louisae is a matronym honoring Miss Louisa Bowditch Barbour, Thomas Barbour’s daughter and a member of the Utowana Expeditions in the West Indies. L. lunatus melaenoscelis is from the Greek μελάνος and κήλης (= black spot), presumably in reference to the very prominent black nuchal and shoulder patch in this subspecies. L. lunatus thomasi is a patronym, undoubtedly honoring Richard Thomas, friend and field companion of Albert Schwartz. |
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