Leiocephalus etheridgei
Leiocephalus etheridgei, commonly known as the Morovis curlytail, is an extinct species of lizard in the family Leiocephalidae (curly-tailed lizards).[1] The species was native to Puerto Rico.
| Leiocephalus etheridgei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiocephalidae |
| Genus: | Leiocephalus |
| Species: | †L. etheridgei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Leiocephalus etheridgei Pregill, 1981 | |
Etymology
The specific name, etheridgei, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge.[2]
Geographic range
L. etherigei is only known from fossil remains found in a cave in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico.[1]
References
- Leiocephalus etheridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiocephalus etheridgei, p. 86).
Further reading
- Pregill G (1981). Late Pleistocene Herpetofaunas From Puerto Rico. The University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 71. Lawrence: The University of Kansas. 72 pp. (Leiocephalus etheridgei, new species, pp. 35–38, Figures 17–18).
- Pregill GK (1992). Systematics of the West Indian Lizard Genus Leiocephalus (Squamata: Iguania: Tropiduridae). The University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication No. 84. Lawrence: University of Kansas. 69 pp.
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