curly-tailed lizard
leiocephalus latin

A green, curly-tailed lizard eyes us from the flaking ceiling.

Neither cars nor golf carts are allowed past the post office, leaving curly-tailed lizards to rule the streets.

"Rocks that touch the sky," Peril whispered, remembering the curly-tailed lizard's words.

Before them sat a foot-long curly-tailed lizard.

"The very, very big lizard eats everything," the curly-tailed lizard continued.

The curly-tailed lizard is endemic to the Bahamas and has an extremely restricted range as it is only found on Great Inagua.

The kender thrust out her bottom lip, ground her heel into the sand, and stared at the curly-tailed lizard, which was staring attentively at Peril.

The curly-tailed lizards are a family of lizards which are widely distributed throughout much of the Caribbean, but are relatively unstudied.

The Navassa curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus eremitus) is an extinct lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizards (Leiocephalidae).

A second specimen which was collected by Rollo Beck in 1917 was identified as a Tiburon curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus melanochlorus) by herpetologist Richard Thomas in 1966.

Leiocephalus inaguae, commonly known as the Inaguae Curly-tailed Lizard, is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizards (Leiocephalidae).

This curly-tailed lizard 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.

The red-sided curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus schreibersii), also known as the Hispaniolan curlytail lizard, is a common lizard species native to the Caribbean, though an established introduced population can be found in southern Florida.