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Taxonomy of the genus Leiocephalus Biodiversity of the family Leiocephalidae

Bibliography of the genus
Leiocephalus (Curly-tailed Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Leiocephalidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Leiocephalus in general

Barbour, T. 1936. Two introduced lizards in Miami, Florida. Copeia 1936: 113.

Berovides Alvarez, V.; Sampedro Marin, A. 1980. Competicion en especies de lagartos iguanidos de Cuba. Ciencias Biologicas Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 5: 115-122.

Chamizo Lara, A.R.; Berovides Alvarez, V.; Espinosa-Lopez, G. 2002. Factores que afectan el polimorfismo genetico-bioquimico de especies cubanas del genero Leiocephalus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Revista Biologia (Havana) 16(1): 35-41.

Cochran, D.M. 1932. Two new subspecies of lizards of the genus Leiocephalus from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 45: 177-182.

Etheridge, R.E. 1966. The systematic relationships of West Indian and South American lizards referred to the iguanid genus Leiocephalus. Copeia 1966(1): 79-91.

Girard, F. 1993. Care and breeding of Leiocephalus sp. Herptile 18(2): 81-82.

Landestoy T., M.A.; Reyes, F.O. 2018. Distribution of two species of Curly-tailed Lizards, genus Leiocephalus, in a metropolitan park, and the rediscovery of a nominate subspecies. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25(1): 1–12.

Mertens, R. 1940. Beobachtungen an Anolis und Masken-Leguanen. Natur und Volk 70(3): 137-144.

Noel, V. 2009. Portrait de famille... les Tropiduridae (Liolaemidae). Basiliscus 3: 44-51.

Porter, C.A.; Crombie, R.I.; Baker, R.J. 1989. Karyotypes of five species of Cuban lizards. Occasional Papers the Museum Texas Tech University 130: 1-6.

Pregill, G.K. 1992. Systematics of the West Indian lizard genus Leiocephalus (Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae). University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication 84: 1-69.

Schoener, T.W.; Slade, J.B.; Stinson, C.H. 1982. Diet and sexual dimorphism in the very catholic lizard genus, Leiocephalus of the Bahamas. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 53(2): 160-169.

Schwartz, A. 1967. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola. 2. The Leiocephalus personatus complex. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 14: 1-53.

Schwartz, A. 1967. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of the southern Bahama Islands. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 39: 153-185.

Wellstead, C.F. 1983. Leiocephalus nebraskensis nom. nov. pro. L. septentrionalis Wellstead, 1982, a junior homonym. Journal of Herpetology 17(4): 408.

Leiocephalus altavelensis

Noble, G.K.; Hassler, W.G. 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.

Leiocephalus barahonensis

Gifford, M.E.; Herrel, A.; Mahler, D.L. 2008. The evolution of locomotor morphology, performance, and anti-predator behaviour among populations of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93(3): 445-456.

Gifford, M.E.; Powell, R. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive characteristics in five species of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 521-527.

Micco, S.M.; Lahey, G.J.; Sosa, R.A.; Powell, R.; Censky, E.J.; Parmerlee, J.S. 1998. Natural history of Leiocephalus barahonensis (Tropiduridae) on the Peninsula de Barahona, Hispaniola: an examination of two populations. Herpetological Natural History 5(2): 147-156.

Noble, G.K. 1923. Four new lizards from Beata Island, Dominican Republic. American Museum Novitates 64: 1-5.

Powell, R. 1999. Leiocephalus barahonensis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 695: 1-4.

Yeska, M.L.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S. 2000. Lizards of Cayo Pisaje, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. Herpetological Review 31(1): 18-20.

Leiocephalus carinatus

Armas, L.F. de 1987. Notas sobre la alimentacion de Leiocephalus carinatus cayensis (Sauria: Iguanidae). Poeyana 350: 1-7.

Cajigas Gandia, A.; Torres, J.; Torres, O.J. 2015. A new trophic resource in the diet of the Leiocephalus carinatus (Squamata: Leiocephalidae) in Cuba. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 22(4): 152-152.

Campano, M.; Les, A. 2012. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(2): 334.

Campbell, T.S.; Klowden, G.S. 2003. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 34(4): 384.

Carl, G.H. 2014. Predation reduces visual communication distance in an Anolis lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(25): 9026-9027.

Chamizo Lara, A.R.; Berovides Alvarez, V.; Espinosa-Lopez, G. 2002. Factores que afectan el polimorfismo genetico-bioquimico de especies cubanas del genero Leiocephalus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Revista Biologia (Havana) 16(1): 35-41.

Claunch, N.M.; Crowe-Riddell, J.M. 2018. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Extreme fecal impaction. Herpetological Review 49(1): 118-119.

Connor, L.L.; Krysko, K.L.; Knott, C. 2013. Geographic distribution: Leiocephaus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 44(3): 474-475.

Cooper, J.E. 1958. Ecological notes on some Cuban lizards. Herpetologica 14: 53-54.

Cooper, W.E. 2001. Multiple roles of tail display by the curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus carinatus: Pursuit deterrent and deflective roles of a social signal. Ethology 107(12): 1137-1149.

Cooper, W.E. 2007. Escape and its relationship to pursuit-deterrent signalling in the Cuban curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus carinatus. Herpetologica 63(2): 144-150.

Dean, C.L.; Engeman, R.M.; Smith, H.T.; Meshaka, W.E. 2005. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytailed Lizard). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 36(4): 451.

Dean, C.L.; Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M. 2004. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Little Bahama Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 35(1): 82.

Dean, C.L.; Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M.; Meshaka, W.E. 2004. Additional northward range extension of the exotic Northern Curly-tailed Lizard in Martin County, Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 32(4): 149-150.

Dean, C.L.; Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M.; Meshaka, W.E. 2005. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Entanglement in human-made materials. Herpetological Review 36(2): 179-180.

Diamond, K.; Trovillion, D.; Allen, K.E.; Malela, K.M.; Noble, D.A.; Powell, R.; Eifler, D.A.; Gifford, M.E. 2014. Individual (co)variation of field behavior and locomotor performance in curly tailed lizards. Journal of Zoology (London) 294(4): 248-254.

Enge, K.M. 2018. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 49(1): 74.

Evans, L.T. 1951. Territory and display in the lizard, Liocephalus carinatus coryi. Anatomical Record 111: 531-532.

Evans, L.T. 1953. Tail display in an iguanid lizard, Liocephalus carinatus coryi. Copeia 1953: 50-54.

Fong-G., A.; Garcés-G., G. 2002. Composicíon y variacíon estacional de la dieta de Leiocephalus carinatus (Sauria: Iguanidae) en Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 10(2): 29-34.

Franz, R.; Dodd, C.K. 1994. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus virescens (Exuma Islands Curlytail Lizard). Bahamas: Great Bahamas Bank. Herpetological Review 25(4): 165.

Godley, J.S.; Godley, K.B. 2011. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 42(4): 569.

Hauge, J.B.; Butterfield, B.P. 2000. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Herpetological Review 31(1): 53.

Hines, K.N.; Iverson, J.B.; Valiulis, J.M. 2002. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus virescens (Exuma Islands Curlytail Lizard). Interspecific aggression. Herpetological Review 33(4): 308.

Hubbard, M.S.; Smith, H.T.; Meshaka, W.E.; Tate, W.S. 2008. The Northern Curlytail Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) is depredated by the green heron (Butorides virescens) in southern Florida. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 27: 11-12.

Kircher, B.K.; Robinson, C.D.; Johnson, M.A. 2014. Herbivory in the Northern Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus). Caribbean Herpetology 50: 1-2.

Knapp, C.R. 2001. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus virescens (Exuma Islands Curlytail Lizard). Interspecific aggression. Herpetological Review 32(2): 104-105.

Krysko, K.L. 2007. Geographic distribution: Leiocepahlus [Leiocephalus] carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 38(4): 484.

Krysko, K.L.; Gabel, K.; Hobbs, J. 2007. Geographic distribution: Leiocepahlus [Leiocephalus] carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 38(3): 352.

Krysko, K.L.; Giddens, K.E.; Gielow, K.H.; Lowke, T.S.; Moore, W.M.; Suarez, E.; Thomas, C.D.; Johnson, S.A. 2010. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 41(3): 378.

Krysko, K.L.; Granatosky, M.C.; Bouse, T.M.; Johnson, S.A. 2008. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 39(4): 483.

Krysko, K.L.; King, F.W. 2002. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Little Bahama Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 33(2): 148.

Kunz, K. 2005. Leiocephalus carinatus Gray, 1897 Rollschwanzleguan. Reptilia (D) 10(52): 51-54.

Layne, J.N. 1987. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 18(1): 20.

López-Darias, M.; Schoener, T.W.; Spiller, D.A.; Losos, J.B. 2012. Predators determine how weather affects the spatial niche of lizard prey: exploring niche dynamics at a fine scale. Ecology (Washington D C) 93(12): 2512-2518.

Losos, J.B.; Schoener, T.W.; Langerhans, R.B.; Spiller, D.A. 2006. Rapid temporal reversal in predator-driven natural selection. Science (Washington, D.C.) 314(5802): 1111.

Losos, J.B.; Schoener, T.W.; Spiller, D.A. 2004. Predator-induced behaviour shifts and natural selection in field-experimental lizard populations. Nature (London) 432(7016): 505-508.

Loveridge, A.; Shreve, B. 1954. Mystery of alleged lizard egg resolved. Copeia 1954(1): 64.

Martinez Reyes, M.; Rodriguez Schettino, L. 1987. Canibalismo en Leiocephalus carinatus (Gray) (Sauria: Iguanidae). Miscelanea Zoologica (Havana) 29: 1-2.

May, C.D.; Krysko, K.L. 2009. Natural history notes: Phelsuma madagascarienesis grandis (Madagascar Day Gecko). Prey. Herpetological Review 40(1): 90.

McCoid, M.J. 2002. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Curlytail Lizard). Herpetological Review 33(4): 322.

Meshaka, W.E.; Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M.; Dean, C.L.; Moore, J.A.; O'Brien, W.E. 2005. The geographically contiguous and expanding coastal range of the Northern Curlytail Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri) in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 4(3): 521-526.

Meshaka, W.E.; Smith, H.T.; Greene, D.; Dusquesnel, J.A. 2006. An extension to the known range of the Northern Curlytail Lizard. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 17: 6.

Moore, J.A. 2008. Arboreal behavior in the Northern Curlytail Lizard. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 28: 15-16.

Moore, J.A.; Hipps, A.C.; Reiland-Smith, C.; Fremont, L. 2017. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Gopher Tortoise burrow associate. Herpetological Review 48(4): 848.

Moore, S.L.; Moore, J.A.; Richardson, S.L. 2009. A new population of Northern Curlytail Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri) in Fort Pierce, Florida. Bulletin Peabody Museum of Natural History Yale University 50(1): 21-25.

Owens, A.K.; Knapp, C.R. 2004. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus coryi (NCN). Nest location. Herpetological Review 35(4): 392-393.

Petzold, H.G. 1962. Successful breeding of Leiocephalus carinatus Gray. International Zoo Yearbook 4: 97-98.

Petzold, H.G.; Pederzani, H.A.; Szidat, H. 1970. Einige Beobachtungen zur Biologie der kubanischen Rollschwanzleguans, Leiocephalus carinatus (Gray). Zoologische Garten (Leipzig) 39: 304-322.

Phillips, J.A.; Howes, K.A. 1988. The pineal complex, aggressive behavior and thermoregulation in Curly-tailed Lizards, Leiocephalus carinatus. Physiology & Behavior 42(1): 103-108.

Powell, R. 2004. Species profile: Saw-scaled Curlytail (Leiocephalus carinatus). Iguana (West Hartford) 11(3): 153.

Rabb, G.B. 1957. A new race of the iguanid lizard Leiocephalus carinatus from Cayman Brac, B.W.I. Herpetologica 13: 109-110.

Rodriguez-Barbosa, C.A.; Johnson, S.A.; Harding, C.L. 2017. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(4): 848-849.

Rowan, R. 2011. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Herpetological Review 42(3): 391.

Schoener, T.W.; Losos, J.B.; Spiller, D.A. 2005. Island biogeography of populations: an introduced species transforms survival patterns. Science (Washington, D.C.) 310(5755): 1807-1809.

Schoener, T.W.; Spiller, D.A.; Losos, J.B. 2001. Predators increase the risk of catastrophic extinction of prey populations. Nature (London) 412(6843): 183-186.

Schoener, T.W.; Spiller, D.A.; Losos, J.B. 2002. Predation on a common Anolis lizard: Can the food-web effects of a devastating predator be reversed? Ecological Monographs 72(3): 383-407.

Schwartz, A. 1959. The Cuban lizards of the species Leiocephalus carinatus (Gray). Sci. Publ. Reading Publ. Mus. 10: 1-47.

Schwartz, A. 1969. The status of the name Holotropis microlophus Cocteau. Copeia 1969: 620-621.

Schwartz, A.; Ogren, L.H. 1956. A collection of reptiles and amphibians from Cuba, with the descriptions of two new forms. Herpetologica 12: 91-110.

Smith, G.R.; Pieper, L.; Iverson, J.B. 2008. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus (Northern Curly-tail Lizard). Sap feeding. Herpetological Review 39(2): 228.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M. 2002. An earlier report of the exotic Northern Curly-tailed Lizard in Martin County, Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 30(4): 132-133.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M. 2003. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard) opportunistic predation. Herpetological Review 34(3): 245-246.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M. 2004. A review of the colonization dynamics of the Northern Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri) in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 32(3): 107-113.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M. 2004. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curly-tailed Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 35(2): 169-170.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M. 2007. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Mockingbird attack; assertion displays. Herpetological Review 38(4): 457.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M.; Meshaka, W.E. 2006. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 37(2): 224.

Smith, H.T.; Engeman, R.M.; Meshaka, W.E.; Cowan, E.M. 2006. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Scavenged road-kill. Herpetological Review 37(1): 87.

Smith, H.T.; Meshaka, W.E.; Engeman, R.M. 2006. Predation of a Northern Curlytail Lizard by a Loggerhead shrike. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 19: 9.

Smith, H.T.; Moore, J.A. 2009. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Mortality. Herpetological Review 40(1): 87-88.

Smith, H.T.; Moore, J.A. 2009. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus carinatus armouri (Northern Curlytail Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 40(1): 88.

Spiller, D.A.; Schoener, T.W. 1989. Effect of a major predator on grouping of an orb-weaving spider. Journal of Animal Ecology 58(2): 509-523.

Spiller, D.A.; Schoener, T.W. 2007. Climatic control of trophic interaction strength: the effect of lizards on spiders. Oecologia (Berlin) 154(4): 763-771.

Steinberg, D.S.; Losos, J.B.; Schoener, T.W.; Spiller, D.A.; Kolbe, J.J.; Leal, M. 2014. Predation-associated modulation of movement-based signals by a Bahamian lizard. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(25): 9187-9192.

Toft, C.A.; Schoener, T.W. 1983. Abundance and diversity of orb spiders on 106 Bahamian Islands: biogeography at an intermediate trophic level. Oikos 41(3): 411-426.

Weigl, G.L.; Domey, R.G.; Courtenay, W.R. 1969. Survival and range expansion of the curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus armouri in Florida. Copeia 1969: 841-842.

Leiocephalus cubensis

Alfaro-Juantorena, L.A.; Jiménez-Arcos, V.H. 2017. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus cubensis (Cuban Curlytail Lizard). Sexual display behavior. Herpetological Review 48(4): 849-850.

Chamizo Lara, A.R.; Berovides Alvarez, V.; Espinosa-Lopez, G. 2002. Factores que afectan el polimorfismo genetico-bioquimico de especies cubanas del genero Leiocephalus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Revista Biologia (Havana) 16(1): 35-41.

Chamizo, A.R.; Moreno, L.V.; Lizana, M. 1998. La bayoya Leiocephalus cubensis, datos sobre su historia natural. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 9: 19-21.

Martinez-Reyes, M. 1994. Aspectos reproductivos de Leiocephalus cubensis cubensis (Iguania: Tropiduridae) en una localidad de Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. Ciencias Biologicas Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 27: 83-89.

Martinez-Reyes, M.; Fernandez Garcia, I. 1994. Habitat y alimentacion de Leiocephalus cubensis cubensis (Iguania: Tropiduridae) en una localidad de Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. Ciencias Biologicas Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 26: 21-30.

Milera, J.F. 1984. Agresividad de Leiocephalus cubensis Gray 1840 (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae). Miscelanea Zoologica (Havana) 22: 2.

Schwartz, A. 1959. Variation in lizards of the Leiocephalus cubensis complex in Cuba and the Isla de Pinos. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 4: 97-143.

Leiocephalus eremitus

Powell, R. 1999. Herpetology of Navassa Island, West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 35(1-2): 1-13.

Powell, R. 1999. Leiocephalus eremitus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 696: 1-2.

Leiocephalus herminieri

Etheridge, R.E. 1997. Comments on the proposed conservation of the specific names of Holotropis herminieri Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (currently Leiocephalus herminieri) and Proctotretus bibronii T. Bell, 1842 (currently Liolaemus bibronii) (Reptilia, Squamata). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(2): 117-119.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998. Opinion 1909. Holotropis herminieri Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (currently Leiocephalus herminieri), Proctotretus bibronii T. Bell, 1842 (currently Liolaemus bibronii) (Reptilia, Squamata): specific names conserved, and Liolaemus bellii Gray, 1845 placed on the official list. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(3): 201-203.

Smith, H.M.; Bell, E.L. 1996. Case 2976. Holotropis herminieri Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (currently Leiocephalus herminieri) and Proctotretus bibronii T. Bell, 1842 (currently Liolaemus bibronii) (Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53(2): 112-115.

Smith, H.M.; Bell, E.L. 1997. Comments on the proposed conservation of the specific names of Holotropis herminieri Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (currently Leiocephalus herminieri) and Proctotretus bibronii T. Bell, 1842 (currently Liolaemus bibronii) (Reptilia, Squamata). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54(2): 119.

Leiocephalus inaguae

Cochran, D.M. 1931. New Bahaman reptiles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 21(3): 39-41.

Leiocephalus loxogrammus

Dlugolecki, B.C.; Karle, E.M.; Winter, D.L.; Koehler, K.A. 2015. Approach distances and escape behavior of the San Salvador Curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus loxogrammus parnelli. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 22(1): 24–26.

Dlugolecki, K.J.; Deisher, D.R.; Karle, M.D.; Kemp, N.P. 2015. Diurnal activity of the San Salvador Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus loxogrammus parnelli). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 22(1): 20–23.

Elliott, N.B.; Shlotzhauer, T.; Elliott, W.M. 1986. Nest use by females of the presocial wasp Cerceris watlingensis (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 79(6): 994-998.

Powell, R. 2018. Leiocephalus loxogrammus Cope. Rum Cay Curly-tailed Lizard, San Salvador Curly-tailed Lizard. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 915: 1-12.

Leiocephalus lunatus

Cochran, D.M. 1934. A new lizard, Leiocephalus personatus lunatus, from the Dominican Republic. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 153-156.

Gali, F.; Schwartz, A. 1982. A new subspecies of Leiocephalus personatus from the Republic Dominicana. Journal of Herpetology 16(2): 177-179.

Gifford, M.E.; Powell, R. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive characteristics in five species of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 521-527.

Powell, R.; Gifford, M.E. 2010. Leiocephalus lunatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 872: 1-5.

Schwartz, A. 1969. Two new subspecies of Leiocephalus from Hispaniola. Journal of Herpetology 3: 79-85.

Leiocephalus macropus

Alfonso, Y.U.; Charruau, P.; Rodríguez Schettino, L.; Muñoz Riveaux, S. 2013. Diet and sexual dimorphism in the Curly Tail Lizard Leiocephalus macropus (Sauria: Tropiduridae) at Yacabo Abajo, Guantanamo Province, Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 47(2-3): 339–343

Alfonso, Y.U.; Fajardo, G.; Suarez, E.; Krysko, K.L. 2012. Sexual size dimorphism, ovipositioning, and hatching in Leiocephalus macropus asbolomus (Squamata: Leiocephalidae) in Alexander von Humboldt National Park in eastern Cuba. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19(4): 230–236.

Cooper, J.E. 1958. Ecological notes on some Cuban lizards. Herpetologica 14: 53-54.

Fong-G., A.; Castillo, E.B. del 2002. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus macropus (Bayoya). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 33(3): 205-206.

Garrido, O.H. 1979. Nuevas subespecies de Leiocephalus macropus Cope (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) para Cuba. Poeyana 188: 1-16.

Hardy, J.D. 1958. A geographic variant gradient in the Cuban lizard, Leiocephalus macropus Cope. Herpetologica 13: 275-276.

Hardy, J.D. 1958. A new lizard of the genus Leiocephalus from Cuba (Squamata: Iguanidae). J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 48: 294-300.

Martinez-Reyes, M. 1998. Datos reproductivos de Leiocephalus macropus inmaculatus Hardy, 1958 (Iguania: Tropidura), de Cuba. Poeyana 457: 1-7.

Sampedro Marin, A.; Berovides Alvarez, V.; Torres Fundora, O. 1979. Habitat, alimentacion, y actividad de dos especies de Leiocephalus (Sauria: Iguanidae) en dos localidades de la region suroriental. Ciencias Biologicas Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 3: 129-139.

Schwartz, A.; Garrido, O.H. 1967. A review of the Cuban iguanid lizard Leiocephalus macropus Cope. Scient. Publs Reading Publ. Mus. 14: 1-41.

Smith, G.R.; Nickel, A.M. 2002. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus macropus, Leiocephalus raviceps, and Leiocephalus stictigaster (Curly-tailed Lizards). Clutch size. Herpetological Review 33(4): 308.

Smith, G.R.; Nickel, A.M. 2002. Sexual dimorphism in three Cuban species of Curly-tailed Lizards (Leiocephalus). Caribbean Journal of Science 38(1-2): 140-142.

Zug, G.R. 1959. Three new subspecies of the lizard Leiocephalus macropus Cope from Cuba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 139-150.

Leiocephalus melanochlorus

Schwartz, A. 1965. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola 1. Leiocephalus melanochlorus Cope. Journal Ohio Herpetological Society 5: 39-48.

Leiocephalus onaneyi

Díaz, L.M.; Cádiz, A. 2012. The rediscovery of the Guantánamo Striped Curlytail (Leiocephalus onaneyi). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19(1): 11-13.

Garrido, O.H. 1973. Nueva especie de Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) para Cuba. Poeyana 116: 1-19.

Powell, R.; Torres, J.; Garrido, O.H. 2017. Leiocephalus onaneyi Garrido. Guantánamo Striped Curly-tailed Lizard. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 911: 1-7.

Leiocephalus personatus

Bindler, J.; Duchene, S. 2009. Elevage... Notes sur l'elevage en captivite de Leiocephalus personatus (Cope, 1863). Basiliscus 3: 33-36.

Cochran, D.M. 1932. Two new subspecies of lizards of the genus Leiocephalus from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 45: 177-182.

Gali, F.; Schwartz, A. 1982. A new subspecies of Leiocephalus personatus from the Republic Dominicana. Journal of Herpetology 16(2): 177-179.

Gali, F.; Schwartz, A.; Suarez, A. 1988. A new subspecies of Leiocephalus personatus (Sauria: Iguanidae) from Haiti. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(1): 1-3.

Gifford, M.E.; Herrel, A.; Mahler, D.L. 2008. The evolution of locomotor morphology, performance, and anti-predator behaviour among populations of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93(3): 445-456.

Gifford, M.E.; Powell, R. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive characteristics in five species of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 521-527.

Rogner, M. 1992. Der Maskenleguan. Zur Haltung, Pflege und Zucht von Leiocephalus personatus Cope, 1862. TI-Magazin 109: 56-58.

Rogner, M. 1997. Zur Herpetofauna des Nordens der Dominikanischen Republik. Teil 2 (Schluss): Maskenleguan, Geckos, Regenwurmschlange und Schmuckschildkröte. Aquarium (Bornheim) 339: 50-53.

Schwartz, A. 1967. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola. 2. The Leiocephalus personatus complex. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 14: 1-53.

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Schwartz, A. 1971. A new subspecies of Leiocephalus personatus (Sauria, Iguanidae). Herpetologica 27: 176-182.

Leiocephalus pratensis

Cochran, D.M. 1928. A new genus and species of lizard, Hispaniolus pratensis, from the Haitian Republic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 49-51.

Schwartz, A. 1968. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola 3. Leiocephalus schreibersi, L. semilineatus, and L. pratensis. Journal of Herpetology 1: 39-63.

Schwartz, A. 1979. The herpetofauna of Ile á Cabrit, Haiti, with the description of two new subspecies. Herpetologica 35(3): 248-255.

Leiocephalus psammodromus

Iverson, J.B.; Smith, G.R. 2006. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus psammodromus (Turks and Caicos Curly-tail Lizard). Necrophagy. Herpetological Review 37(3): 345-346.

Reynolds, R.G. 2009. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus psammodromus (Turks and Caicos Curly-tailed Lizard). Conspecific necrophagy. Herpetological Review 40(1): 88-89.

Reynolds, R.G.; Niemiller, M.L. 2011. Natural history notes: Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster (Turks Island Boa). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(2): 290.

Reynolds, R.G.; Niemiller, M.L.; Fitzpatrick, B.M. 2012. Genetic analysis of an endemic archipelagic lizard reveals sympatric cryptic lineages and taxonomic discordance. Conservation Genetics 13(4): 953-963.

Smith, G.R. 1992. Sexual dimorphism in the curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus psammodromus. Caribbean Journal of Science 28(1-2): 99-101.

Smith, G.R. 1994. Observations on activity in two lizards (Anolis scriptus and Leiocephalus psammodromus). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 30(3): 120-125.

Smith, G.R. 1995. Observations on perch use in two lizards (Anolis scriptus and Leiocephalus psammodromus). Herpetological Journal 5(3): 285-286.

Smith, G.R.; Iverson, J.B. 1993. Reproduction in the curly-tailed lizard Leiocephalus psammodromus from the Caicos Islands. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71(11): 2147-2151.

Leiocephalus punctatus

Cochran, D.M. 1931. New Bahaman reptiles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 21(3): 39-41.

Schoener, T.W.; Schoener, A. 1983. The time to extinction of a colonizing propagule of lizards increases with island area. Nature (London) 302(5905): 332-334.

Leiocephalus raviceps

Barbour, T. 1919. Herpetological Notes. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 7: 7-13.

Sampedro Marin, A.; Berovides Alvarez, V.; Torres Fundora, O. 1979. Habitat, alimentacion, y actividad de dos especies de Leiocephalus (Sauria: Iguanidae) en dos localidades de la region suroriental. Ciencias Biologicas Academia de Ciencias de Cuba 3: 129-139.

Schwartz, A. 1960. Variation in the Cuban lizard. Leiocephalus raviceps Cope. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 73: 67-82.

Schwartz, A.; Garrido, O.H. 1968. An undescribed subspecies of Leiocephalus raviceps Cope (Sauria: Iguanidae) from western Cuba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 81: 23-30.

Smith, G.R.; Nickel, A.M. 2002. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus macropus, Leiocephalus raviceps, and Leiocephalus stictigaster (Curly-tailed Lizards). Clutch size. Herpetological Review 33(4): 308.

Smith, G.R.; Nickel, A.M. 2002. Sexual dimorphism in three Cuban species of Curly-tailed Lizards (Leiocephalus). Caribbean Journal of Science 38(1-2): 140-142.

Leiocephalus rhutidira

Schwartz, A. 1979. A new species of Leiocephalus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(2): 272-279.

Leiocephalus schreibersii

Ackermann, T. 2006. Schreibers Glattkopfleguan - Leiocephalus schreibersi. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 62 pp.

Gifford, M.E.; Powell, R. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive characteristics in five species of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 521-527.

Jenssen, T.A.; Marcellini, D.L. 1986. Life history notes: Leiocephalus schreibersi (Curly-tailed Lizard). Tail autotomy. Herpetological Review 17(4): 89.

Jenssen, T.A.; Marcellini, D.L.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Goforth, P.H. 1989. Differential infanticide by adult Curly-tailed Lizards, Leiocephalus schreibersi. Animal Behaviour 38(6): 1054-1061.

Köhler, G.; Rodríguez Bobadilla, M.J.; Hedges, S.B. 2016. A new dune-dwelling lizard of the genus Leiocephalus (Iguania, Leiocephalidae) from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 4121(5): 517-532.

Krysko, K.L.; Burgess, J.P. 2008. Geographic distribution: Leiocephalus schreibersii (Red-sided Curlytail Lizard). Herpetological Review 39(3): 368.

Krysko, K.L.; Wasilewski, J.A. 2012. Natural history notes: Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 43(3): 477-478.

Marcellini, D.L.; Jenssen, T.A. 1989. Thermal ecology of the tropical iguanid lizard, Leiocephalus schreibersi. American Midland Naturalist 122(1): 44-50.

Marcellini, D.L.; Jenssen, T.A. 1991. Avoidance learning by the curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus schreibersi: implications for anti-predator behavior. Journal of Herpetology 25(2): 238-241.

McElroy, E.J.; Wilson, R.; Biknevicius, A.R.; Reilly, S.M. 2014. A comparative study of single-leg ground reaction forces in running lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 217(5): 735-742.

Nelson, S.E.; Banbury, B.L.; Sosa, R.A.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S. 2001. Natural history of Leiocephalus semilineatus in association with sympatric Leiocephalus schreibersii and Ameiva lineolata. Contemporary Herpetology 2001(1): (eagle.cc.ukans.edu/~cnaar/CH/ch/2001/1/index.htm).

Reif, J. 2005. Haltung und Zucht von Leiocephalus s. schreibersii (Gravenhorst 1838). Iguana Rundschreiben 18(1): 9-15.

Rogner, M. 1995. Care & breeding of the red-sided curlytail. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 44(2): 172, 174, 176, 179.

Rogner, M. 2008. Leiocephalus schreibersii Pflegenswert: Haiti-oder Schreibers' Glattkopfleguan. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 61(9): 68-71.

Schreiber, M.C.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S. 1995. Leiocephalus schreibersii. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 613: 1-4.

Schreiber, M.C.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S.; Lathrop, A.; Smith, D.D. 1993. Natural history of a small population of Leiocephalus schreibersii (Sauria: Tropiduridae) from altered habitat in the Dominican Republic. Florida Scientist 56(2): 82-90.

Schwartz, A. 1968. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola 3. Leiocephalus schreibersi, L. semilineatus, and L. pratensis. Journal of Herpetology 1: 39-63.

Leiocephalus semilineatus

Gifford, M.E.; Powell, R. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive characteristics in five species of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 521-527.

Nelson, S.E.; Banbury, B.L.; Sosa, R.A.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S. 2001. Natural history of Leiocephalus semilineatus in association with sympatric Leiocephalus schreibersii and Ameiva lineolata. Contemporary Herpetology 2001(1): (eagle.cc.ukans.edu/~cnaar/CH/ch/2001/1/index.htm).

Nelson, S.E.; Powell, R. 2002. Leiocephalus semilineatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 751: 751.1-751.2.

Powell, R. 2004. Leiocephalus semilineatus. Iguana (West Hartford) 11(2): 97.

Schwartz, A. 1968. The Leiocephalus (Lacertilia, Iguanidae) of Hispaniola 3. Leiocephalus schreibersi, L. semilineatus, and L. pratensis. Journal of Herpetology 1: 39-63.

Leiocephalus sixtoi

Köhler, G.; Rodríguez Bobadilla, M.J.; Hedges, S.B. 2016. A new dune-dwelling lizard of the genus Leiocephalus (Iguania, Leiocephalidae) from the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 4121(5): 517-532.

Leiocephalus stictigaster

Chamizo Lara, A.R.; Berovides Alvarez, V.; Espinosa-Lopez, G. 2002. Factores que afectan el polimorfismo genetico-bioquimico de especies cubanas del genero Leiocephalus (Sauria: Iguanidae). Revista Biologia (Havana) 16(1): 35-41.

Garrido, O.H. 1975. Nuevos reptiles del Archipiélago Cubano. Poeyana 141: 1-58.

Martinez-Reyes, M.; Estrada, A.; Novo, R.J. 1990. Aspectos ecologicos y reproductivos de Leiocephalus s. stictigaster (Sauria: Iguanidae) en la Peninsula de Guanahacabibes, Cuba. Poeyana 430: 1-20.

Schwartz, A. 1959. Variation in lizards of the Leiocephalus cubensis complex in Cuba and the Isla de Pinos. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 4: 97-143.

Schwartz, A. 1960. A new subspecies of Leiocephalus stictiogaster Schwartz from Central Cuba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 73: 103-106.

Schwartz, A. 1964. New subspecies of Leiocephalus from Cuba. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 27: 211-222.

Schwartz, A.; Garrido, O.H. 1968. Four new subspecies of Leiocephalus stictigaster from Cuba. Nat. Hist. Pap. Natn. Mus. Can. 37: 1-23.

Smith, G.R.; Nickel, A.M. 2002. Natural history notes: Leiocephalus macropus, Leiocephalus raviceps, and Leiocephalus stictigaster (Curly-tailed Lizards). Clutch size. Herpetological Review 33(4): 308.

Smith, G.R.; Nickel, A.M. 2002. Sexual dimorphism in three Cuban species of Curly-tailed Lizards (Leiocephalus). Caribbean Journal of Science 38(1-2): 140-142.

Leiocephalus vinculum

Cochran, D.M. 1928. The herpetological collections made in Haiti and its adjoining islands by Walter J. Eyerdam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 53-59.