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The Hispaniolan curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus schreibersii), also known as the Hispaniolan khaki curlytail, the red-sided curlytail lizard, the red-sided curly-tailed lizard, or Schreibers's curly-tailed lizard, is a common lizard species in the family Leiocephalidae. It is native to Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean, and an introduced population is found in southern Florida. There are two recognized subspecies.

Taxonomy

Etymology

The specific name, schreibersi, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.[1]

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, two subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leiocephalus.

Distribution and habitat

L. schreibersii is indigenous to the main island of Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Île de la Tortue. It is also found in Florida as an introduced species.[2] The preferred natural habitat of L. schreibersii is shrubland at altitudes from sea level to Шаблон:Convert.[3]

Life cycle and behavior

L. schreibersii is oviparous.[2]

L. schreibersii is active during the day.Шаблон:Citation needed It feeds mainly on insects.Шаблон:Citation needed

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Liocephalus [sic] schreibersii ", pp. 162–163).
  • Gravenhorst JLC (1837). "Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen ". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher / Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 18: 712-784. (Pristonotus schreibersii, new species, pp. 739–742 + Plate LIV, figures 15, 16). (in German).
  • Schwartz A (1968). "The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola. III. Leiocephalus screibersi [sic], L. semilineatus, and L. pratensis ". Journal of Herpetology 1 (1-4): 39-63. (Leiocephalus schreibersi [sic] nesomorus, new subspecies, p. 47).

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  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Leiocephalus schreibersii, p. 238).
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:EMBL species www.reptile-database.org.
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