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Leiocephalus rhutidira SCHWARTZ, 1979

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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) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1462 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIllustrations: Schwartz, 1979.

Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Green rhutis (= wrinkle) and deirē (neck), in allusion to the prominent neck wrinkles, and is a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • 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 - 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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