NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Haitian Curlytail Lizard
Leiocephalus personatus (Cope, 1863)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Hispaniolan Masked Curly-Tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus personatus, Family: Leiocephalidae, Location: Germany, Neu-Ulm, Reptilienzoo.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Hispaniolan masked curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus personatus) is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae). It is also known as the
Hispaniolan masked curlytail, Haitian curlytail lizard and the green-legged curly-tail. endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Wikipedia contributors, Leiocephalus personatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:50:34.459588+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leiocephalus personatus (Cope, 1863)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1863)
- Common name
- Haitian Curlytail Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Leiocephalidae
- Genus
- Leiocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyLeiocephalidae
- genusLeiocephalus
- speciesLeiocephalus personatus (Cope, 1863)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leiocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Central Haitian CurlytailLeiocephalus endomychus Schwartz, 1967 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Morovis CurlytailLeiocephalus etheridgei Pregill, 1981 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| East Plana CurlytailLeiocephalus greenwayi Barbour & Shreve, 1935 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Martinique Curlytail LizardLeiocephalus herminieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atalaye Curlytail LizardLeiocephalus pratensis (Cochran, 1928) | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bastion Cay Curlytail LizardLeiocephalus psammodromus Barbour, 1920 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain Curlytail LizardLeiocephalus raviceps Cope, 1863 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Haitian Black-throated CurlytailLeiocephalus rhutidira Schwartz, 1979 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-sided Curly-tailed LizardLeiocephalus schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1838) | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniolan Pale-bellied CurlytailLeiocephalus semilineatus Dunn, 1920 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cabo Corrientes Curlytail lizardLeiocephalus stictigaster Schwartz, 1959 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cochran's Curlytail LizardLeiocephalus vinculum Cochran, 1928 | LeiocephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Liocephalus personatus Cope, 1863 Cope, 1863 | synonym |
| Liocephalus trigeminatus Cope, 1863 Cope, 1863 | synonym |
| Leiocephalus personatus pulcherrimus Mertens, 1939 Mertens, 1939 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Leiocephalus&species=personatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6P835. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.