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Leiocephalus Sixtoi
''Leiocephalus sixtoi'', also known as the Hispaniolan dune curlytail, the dune curly-tailed lizard, or Sixto's curly-tailed lizard is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Curly-tailed lizard, Leiocephalidae. This species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola, and is only known in the sandy spaces of monumento natural Las Dunas de las Calderas, also known as Las Dunas de Baní. Description This species is similar to ''L. schreibersii'', but is strikingly different in coloration. Males of ''L. sixtoi'' have dark gray dorsum and red irises, contrasting with the typical light khaki dorsum and blue irises of ''L. schreibersii''. ''L. sixtoi'' is a diurnal and mostly feeds on terrestrial arthropods. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q28139851 Leiocephalus Fauna of Hispaniola Reptiles described in 2016 Reptiles of the Dominican Republic Taxa named by Gunther Köhler Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunther Köhler
Gunther Köhler (born 20 May 1965 in Hanau) is a German herpetologist. His research is primarily focused in Central America and in the West Indies. Career In 1995, Köhler received a doctorate in natural sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt with his thesis on the systematics and ecology of black iguanas (genus ''Ctenosaura''). Since November 1995, he is curator at the department of herpetology and since 2004 acting director of the department of terrestrial zoology at the Senckenberg Research Institute. The projects of Köhler and his research group focus on the study of neotropical herpetofauna in Central and South America, in particular in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Bolivia. The studies are taxonomic, zoogeographical and phylogenetic, with the genus ''Anolis'' forming one of the main groups. In 1994, he rediscovered '' Ctenosaura bakeri'' (the Utila iguana), a species previously known only from the type specimens described in 1901. Since April 1998, Köhler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |