| Leiocephalus greenwayi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiocephalidae |
| Genus: | Leiocephalus |
| Species: | L. greenwayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Leiocephalus greenwayi Barbour & Shreve, 1935 | |
Leiocephalus greenwayi, commonly known as the East Plana curlytail and the Plana Cay curlytail lizard, is a species of lizard in the family of curly-tailed lizards (Leiocephalidae). The species is native to the West Indies.
Etymology
The specific name, greenwayi, is in honor of American ornithologist James Cowan Greenway.
Geographic range
L. greenwayi is endemic to the Bahama Islands and has an extremely restricted range as it is only found on the Eastern island of the Plana Cays.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. greenwayi is shrubland.
Reproduction
L. greenwayi is oviparous.
Conservation status
This species of curly-tailed lizard, L. greenwayi, is not listed by the IUCN or CITES as needing any special conservation, however, research is needed to determine its vulnerability due to its restricted range.
References
- ^ Buckner, S.; Powell, R.; Hedges, B.; Mayer, G.C. (2016). "Leiocephalus greenwayi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178681A71747997. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T178681A71747997.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, Distributions and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp.
- 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 greenwayi, p. 107).
- Species Leiocephalus greenwayi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Barbour T, Shreve B (1935). "Concerning some Bahamian Reptiles, with Notes on the Fauna". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 40: 347–365. (Leiocephalus greenwayi, new species, p. 358).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Leiocephalus greenwayi, p. 130).
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