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Leiocephalus rhutidira SCHWARTZ, 1979

IUCN Red List - Leiocephalus rhutidira - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaLeiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Haitian Black-throated Curlytail, Lapierre Curlytail lizard 
SynonymLeiocephalus rhutidira SCHWARTZ 1979: 273
Leiocephalus rhutidira — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 448
Leiocephalus rhutidira— PREGILL 1992: 51 
DistributionHispaniola (NW Haiti, "Dpt. de l'Artibonite")

Type locality: 10.6 km W Ça Soleil, 122 m, Département de l'Artibonite, Haiti.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CM 60520, adult male; paratypes: ASFS (Albert Schwartz Field Series) 
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CommentIllustrations: Schwartz, 1979.

Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek ῥυτίς (= wrinkle) and δειρε (= neck), an allusion to the prominent wrinkles on the neck. 
References
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - 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. 1979. A new species of Leiocephalus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from Hispaniola. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 92: 272-279. - 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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