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Red-sided Curly-tailed Lizard
Leiocephalus schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1837)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to Hispaniola. It was introduced via the pet trade prior to 1978 in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida but failed to establish (Wilson and Porras, 1983, University of Kansas Special Publication : 1–89). It was subsequently introduced and is established in Broward, Charlotte, and Miami-Dade counties, Florida (Krysko and Burgess, 2008, Herpetological Review 39: 368; Alfonso and Krysko, 2019, Leiocephalus schreibersii. Pages 393–395 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Lyon Lizard (Lacertus griseus: Catesby, Mark. 1754. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants: Particularly the Forest-trees, Shrubs, and other Plants, not Hitherto Described, or Very Incorrectly Figured by Authors. Together with Their Descriptions in English and French. To which, are Added Observations on the Air, Soil, and Waters: with Remarks upon Agriculture, Grain, Pulse, Roots, &c. To the Whole, is Prefixed a New and Correct Map of the Countries Treated of. , London. pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1838 Gravenhorst, Johann L. C. Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen. [Contributions to the detailed knowledge of some lizard genera.] Nova Acta Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae [New Proceedings of the Academy of Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina] 18():712-784
1983 Wilson, Larry D. and Louis Porras. The ecological impact of man on the South Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Special Publication (9):1-89

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