Leiocephalus barahonensis SCHMIDT, 1921

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Higher Taxa	Leiocephalidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Leiocephalus barahonensis barahonensis SCHMIDT 1921 Leiocephalus barahonensis altavelensis NOBLE & HASSLER 1933 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 altavelensis NOBLE & HASSLER 1933 Leiocephalus altavelensis NOBLE & HASSLER 1933: 14 Leiocephalus personatus altavelensis — COCHRAN 1941 Leiocephalus vinculum altavelensis — SCHWARTZ 1967: 46 Leiocephalus vinculum altavelensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 150 Leiocephalus barahonensis altavelensis — PREGILL 1992 Leiocephalus altavelensis — HEDGES et al. 2019 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. altavelensis: Isla Alto Velo. Type locality: Isla Alto Velo, Republica 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 51055 [altavelensis] Holotype: AMNH 24330, Paratype: NMW 16621 [beatanus] Holotype: USNM 75909 [aureus] Holotype: MCZ 81098 [oxygaster]
Diagnosis
Comment	Illustrations: Noble, 1923 (as L. beatanus); Cochran, 1941 (as subspecies of L. personatus); Schwartz, 1967.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Cochran, D. M. 1934. Herpetological collections made in Hispaniola by the Utowana Expedition. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 163-188 Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53 Mertens, R. 1938. Amphibien und Reptilien aus Santo Domingo, gesammelt von Prof. Dr. H. Böker. Senckenbergiana 20 (5): 332-342 Micco, Shonette M.;Lahey, Garrett J.;Sosa, Roland A.;Powell, Robert;Censky, Ellen J.;Parmerlee, John S. Jr 1998. Natural History of Leiocephalus barahonensis(Tropiduridae) on the Peninsula de Barahona, Hispaniona: an examination of two populations. Herpetological Natural History 5 (2): 147-156 [1997] Noble, G. K. and W. G. Hassler 1933. Two new species of frogs, five new species and a new race of lizards from the Dominican Republic. American Museum Novitates 652: 1-17. - get paper here Noble, G.K. 1923. Trailing the rhinoceros iguana. Nat. Hist. 23 (6):541-558. Powell, R. 1999. Leiocephalus barahonensis Schmidt. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (695): 1-4 - 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 Pyron, R. Alexander 2017. Novel Approaches for Phylogenetic Inference from Morphological Data and Total-Evidence Dating in Squamate Reptiles (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Syst. Biol. 66 (1): 38–56 - get paper here Schmidt, K. P. 1921. Notes on the herpetology of Santo Domingo. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44: 7-20. - get paper here Schwartz, A. 1967. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) of Hispaniola. II. The Leiocephalus personatus complex. Tulane Studies in Zoology 14: 1-53 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida1.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Typhlopidae/Ramphotyphlops… Google images

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