The curly-tailed lizards are a family, Leiocephalidae , of lizards which are widely distributed throughout much of the Caribbean, but are relatively unstudied. They were previously regarded as members of subfamily Leiocephalinae within the family Tropiduridae. There are presently 29 known species. Leiocephalus is the only genus in the family Leiocephalidae.
The following species and subspecies, listed alphabetically by scientific name, are recognized as being valid.
Leiocephalus anonymous Leiocephalus apertosulcus Orange-bellied curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus barahonensis
Alto Velo curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus barahonensis altavelensis
Leiocephalus barahonensis barahonensis Cuban or northern curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus
Leiocephalus carinatus aquarius Little Bahama curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus armouri
Leiocephalus carinatus cayensis Saw-scaled curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus coryi
Cayman Brac curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus granti
Leiocephalus carinatus hodsoni Leiocephalus carinatus labrossytus Leiocephalus carinatus microcyon Leiocephalus carinatus mogotensis Grand Cayman curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus carinatus varius
Leiocephalus carinatus virescens Leiocephalus carinatus zayasi Cuban brown curly-tailed Lizard, Leiocephalus cubensis
Antiguan curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus cuneus
Hinche curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus endomychus
Navassa curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus eremitus
Etheridge's curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus etheridgei
East Plana curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus greenwayi
Martinique curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri
Inagua curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus inaguae
Jamaican curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus jamaicensis
San Salvador curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus loxogrammus
Santa Domingo curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus lunatus
Cuban side-blotched curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus macropus
Tiburon curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus melanochlorus
Guantanamo striped curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus onaneyi
Hispaniolan masked curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus personatus
Haitian striped curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus pratensis
Turks and Caicos curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus psammodromus
Crooked Acklins curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus punctatus
Pallid curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus raviceps
Black-throated curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus rhutidira
Red-sided curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus schreibersii
Pale-bellied curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus semilineatus
Cuban striped curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalus stictigaster
Cochran's curlytail lizard, Leiocephalus vinculum
