Leiocephalus etheridgei
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

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

  1. ^ a b Leiocephalus etheridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ 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).

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