Taxonomy Profile: Leiocephalus (Gray 1827)

Leiocephalus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Curly-tailed Lizards []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Leiocephalus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Iguania
Iguanas |
iguanes |
Genus : Leiocephalus
Curly-tailed Lizards |
Leiocephalus Direct Children(s):
Leiocephalus schreibersii
(Gravenhorst 1838)
Leiocephalus anonymous
(Pregill 1984)
Leiocephalus apertosulcus
(Etheridge 1965)
Leiocephalus barahonensis
(K P Schmidt 1921)
Leiocephalus cuneus
(Etheridge 1964)
Leiocephalus endomychus
(Schwartz 1967)
Leiocephalus greenwayi
(Barbour and Shreve 1935)
Leiocephalus herminieri
(A M C Duméril and Bibron 1837)
Leiocephalus etheridgei
(Pregill 1981)
Leiocephalus inaguae
(Cochran 1934)
Leiocephalus lunatus
(Cochran 1934)
Leiocephalus onaneyi
(Garrido 1973)
Leiocephalus pratensis
(Cochran 1928)
Leiocephalus punctatus
(Cochran 1931)
Leiocephalus rhutidira
(Schwartz 1979)
Leiocephalus stictigaster
(Schwartz 1959)
Leiocephalus vinculum
(Cochran 1928)
Leiocephalus jamaicensis
(Etheridge 1966)
Leiocephalus partidus
(Pregill 1981)
Leiocephalus varius
(Garman 1887)
Leiocephalus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Leiocephalus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Leiocephalus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Leiocephalus
Leiocephalus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Leiocephalus: Comments