Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard
Leiocephalus schreibersii
(Gravenhorst, 1837)
lie-oh-sef-UH-lus — schreib-er-SEE-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Hispaniola. It was introduced via the pet trade prior to 1978 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida but failed to establish (Wilson and Porras, 1983, University of Kansas Special Publication: 1–89). It was subsequently introduced and is established in Broward, Charlotte, and Miami-Dade counties, Florida (Krysko and Burgess, 2008, Herpetological Review 39: 368; Alfonso and Krysko, 2019, Leiocephalus schreibersii. Pages 393–395 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida). The English name Red-sided Curlytail is used by Hedges et al. (2019, Caribbean Herpetology (67): 1–53).
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Florida
First instance(s) of published English names:
Lyon Lizard (Lacertus griseus: Catesby, Mark. 1754. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants: Particularly the Forest-trees, Shrubs, and other Plants, not Hitherto Described, or Very Incorrectly Figured by Authors. Together with Their Descriptions in English and French. To which, are Added Observations on the Air, Soil, and Waters: with Remarks upon Agriculture, Grain, Pulse, Roots, &c. To the Whole, is Prefixed a New and Correct Map of the Countries Treated of. , London. pp.); Red-sided Curlytail (Leiocephalus schreibersii: Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. 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);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1838
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Gravenhorst, Johann L. C. Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen. [Contributions to the detailed knowledge of some lizard genera.] Nova Acta Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae [New Proceedings of the Academy of Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina] 18:712-784
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1983
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Wilson, Larry D. and Louis Porras. The ecological impact of man on the South Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Special Publication (9):1-89
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1995
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Schreiber, Michael C., Powell, Robert, and Parmerlee, John S., Jr. Leiocephalus schreibersii Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (613):1-4
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2019
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Hedges, S. Blair, Robert Powell, Robert W. Henderson, Sarah Hanson, and John C. Murphy. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist
and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and
reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology (67):1–53
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