Leiocephalus carinatus armouri
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The Northern Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus) is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizards (Leiocephalidae).
, in the 1940s in an attempt to control sugar cane pests.
Geographic range
It is native to the Bahama Islands, the Cayman Islands and Cuba, but was released intentionally in Palm Beach, FloridaPalm Beach, Florida
The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth...
, in the 1940s in an attempt to control sugar cane pests.
Behavior
An active, robust lizard, it is mostly terrestrial and will retreat into a burrow or cavity when frightened. It prefers sunny areas with loose rubble and rock.Subspecies
13 subspecies are recognized, including the nominate race:- L. c. carinatus GrayJohn Edward GrayJohn Edward Gray, FRS was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray ....
, 1827 - L. c. aquarius Schwartz & Ogren, 1956
- L. c. armouriLeiocephalus carinatus armouriThe Northern Curly-tailed Lizard is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizards .-Geographic range:...
BarbourThomas BarbourThomas Barbour was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
& Shreve, 1935 - L. c. cayensis Schwartz, 1959
- L. c. coryi SchmidtKarl Patterson SchmidtKarl Patterson Schmidt was an American herpetologist.-Biography:Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. Schmidt's father was a German professor who, at the time of Schmidt's birth, was teaching in Lake Forest, Illinois. His family left the city in 1907 and settled...
, 1936 - L. c. granti Rabb, 1957
- L. c. hodsdoni SchmidtKarl Patterson SchmidtKarl Patterson Schmidt was an American herpetologist.-Biography:Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. Schmidt's father was a German professor who, at the time of Schmidt's birth, was teaching in Lake Forest, Illinois. His family left the city in 1907 and settled...
, 1936 - L. c. labrossytus Schwartz, 1959
- L. c. microcyon Schwartz, 1959
- L. c. mogotensis Schwartz, 1959
- L. c. varius Garman, 1887
- L. c. virescens StejnegerLeonhard Hess StejnegerLeonhard Hess Stejneger was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. He gained his greatest reputation with reptiles and amphibians....
, 1901 - L. c. zayasi Schwartz, 1959