Leiocephalus etheridgei PREGILL, 1981

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Morovis Curlytail
Synonym	Leiocephalus etheridgei PREGILL 1981 Leiocephalus etheridgei — PREGILL 1992: 43
Distribution	Puerto Rico. Type locality: Blackbone 1 Cave, 1 .2 km S Barrio de Barahona. Municipio de Morovis, Puerto Rico. Late Pleistocene.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM (VP) 259190. Right dentary.
Diagnosis
Comment	Conservation: Extinct. Only known from fossil remains. Pregill 1981 referred several skeletal elements to this species.
Etymology	Named after Richard Emmett Etheridge (16 Sep 1929-14 Jan 2019), American herpetologist. See Espinoza & Queiroz for biographical details.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Bons, J.; Bons. N. 1960. Notes sur la reproduction et le developpement de Chamaeleo chamaeleon. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Phys. Maroc 40: 323-335 Espinoza, Robert E. and Kevin de Queiroz 2008. Richard Emmett Etheridge. Copeia 2008, No. 3, 708–717 - get paper here Pregill G 1981. Late Pleistocene herpetofaunas from Puerto Rico. Misc. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. 71: 1-72 - 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 Vyas, Raju 2007. Present conservation scenario of reptile fauna in Gujarat State, India. Indian Forester, Oct 2007: 1381-1394 - get paper here
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