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Leiocephalus schreibersii  (Gravenhorst, 1838)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173934

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Leiocephalus schreibersi (Gravenhorst, 1838)
  
  Common Name(s): Schreiber's Curly-tailed Lizard [English]
  
    Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyLeiocephalidae   
                                  GenusLeiocephalus Gray, 1827 – Curly-tailed Lizards  
                                     SpeciesLeiocephalus schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1838) – Schreiber's Curly-tailed Lizard, Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesLeiocephalus schreibersii nesomorus Schwartz, 1968  
                                        SubspeciesLeiocephalus schreibersii schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1838)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Leiocephalus schreibersii    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leiocephalus schreibersii   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Leiocephalus schreibersii, Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  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 schreibersii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Collins, J. T.   
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition   
  Page(s): ii + 41   
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-21-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leiocephalus schreibersii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Schreiber, M. C., R. Powel, and J. S. Parmerlee, Jr.   
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Leiocephalus schreibersii (Gravenhorst)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Page(s): 613.1-613.4   
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place: Athens, Ohio, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leiocephalus schreibersii   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Townsend, Josiah H., Kennth L. Krysko, Anthony T. Reppas, and Coleman M. Sheehy III   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Noteworthy Records for Introduced Reptiles and Amphibians from Florida, USA   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Review, vol. 33, no. 1   
  Page(s): 75   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-084X   
  Notes: Available online at https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/   
  Reference for: Leiocephalus schreibersii, Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Caribbean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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