#1643 · 🦎 reptiles
Northern Curly-tailed Lizard
Leiocephalus carinatus
📍 NW 27th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
📍 Central Eleuthera, The Bahamas
📍 Dania Beach, FL, USA
📍 Caloosa Regional Park, FL, USA
📍 Hillsboro Beach, FL, USA
📍 880 Chickadee Dr, Port Orange, FL, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Janson Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Dani E Pérez · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Christopher Hampson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. NW 27th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US:© cristiansantanab · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Central Eleuthera, The Bahamas:© Kristin A. Bakkegard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Dania Beach, FL, USA:© grinnin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Caloosa Regional Park, FL, USA:© Arthur Windsor · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Hillsboro Beach, FL, USA:© Carol Mackey Shaffer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 880 Chickadee Dr, Port Orange, FL, US:© Pritam Patel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Leiocephalus carinatus , commonly known as the northern curly-tailed lizard , is a species of lizard in the family Leiocephalidae (curly-tailed lizards).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 20,768 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1827 (199 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Northern Curly-tailed Lizard
- scientific name
- Leiocephalus carinatus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Leiocephalidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 20,768
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1827 by John Edward Gray
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39280, Wikidata Q2714054, GBIF 5224691, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.