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Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934 is a animal in the Leiocephalidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934 (Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934)
Animalia

Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934

Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934

Leiocephalus lunatus is a curly-tailed lizard species native to the Dominican Republic.

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Genus
Leiocephalus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934

Common Name and Classification

Leiocephalus lunatus, commonly called the Hispaniolan maskless curlytail or the Santo Domingo curlytail lizard, is a species of curly-tailed lizard that belongs to the family Leiocephalidae.

Native Range

This lizard species is native to the Dominican Republic.

Taxonomic History

The species was first formally described by Cochran in 1934, with the full scientific name Leiocephalus lunatus Cochran, 1934.

Photo: (c) Franklin Howley-Dumit Serulle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Franklin Howley-Dumit Serulle · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Leiocephalidae Leiocephalus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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