LEIOCEPHALIDAE

Mccranie, James R., 2015, A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed, Zootaxa 3931 (3), pp. 352-386 : 369

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FAMILY LEIOCEPHALIDAE (I) Frost & Etheridge 1989, 45

(1 introduced genus and species)

Leiocephalus (I) Gray 1827, 207 (1 introduced species)

Leiocephalus varius (I) Garman 1887, 274. McCranie (2011a) considered this a full species (but without justification) and not a subspecies of L. carinatus Gray (1827 [p. 208]) . Powell & Henderson (2012) also listed this Honduran endemic as a full species. Solís et al. (2014), without comment, continued to list this species as L. carinatus . That issue will be discussed in more detail in McCranie (in prep.; the non-dactyloid lizards, crocodyles, and turtles of Honduras).

References

Solis, J. M., Wilson, L. D. & Townsend, J. H. (2014) An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology, 1, 123 - 144, 1 plate.

Gray, J. E. (1827) A synopsis of the genera of saurian reptiles, in which some new genera are indicated, and the others reviewed by actual examination. The Philosophical Magazine, 2 (7), 54 - 58.

McCranie, J. R. (2011 a) The Snakes of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Contributions to Herpetology, 26, i - x, 1 - 714, plates 1 - 20.

Powell, R. & Henderson, R. W. (2012) Swan Islands, In: Powell, R. & Henderson, R. W. (Eds.), Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin Florida Museum of Natural History, 51, pp. 91 - 92. [page range: 85 - 166]