Leiocephalus psammodromus

Leiocephalus psammodromus, commonly known as the Turks & Caicos curlytail and the Bastion Cay curlytail lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Leiocephalidae (curly-tailed lizards).[2] The species is native to the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean Sea.[3]

Leiocephalus psammodromus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Leiocephalidae
Genus: Leiocephalus
Species:
L. psammodromus
Binomial name
Leiocephalus psammodromus
Barbour, 1920

Conservation status

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The species L. psammodromus was assessed as vulnerable by the IUCN in 2015 due to a sharply declining population threatened by habitat loss and invasive species.[1] 2008 surveys on South Caicos, Salt Cay, Cotton Cay, or Grand Turk, did not report any individual of this species, as a result it is considered potentially extinct on these islands.[4]


References

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  1. ^ a b Reynolds, R. (2016). "Leiocephalus psammodromus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T75316425A115483438.
  2. ^ Leiocephalus psammodromus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. (2009). Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Gainesville, Florida, USA: University Press of Florida.
  4. ^ Buckner, S.D.; Franz, Richard; Reynolds, R.G. (2012). "Bahama Islands and Turks & Caicos Islands". In Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Island Lists of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. Vol. 51. pp. 85–166.