About Leiocephalus carinatus Gray, 1827
Adults of Leiocephalus carinatus can reach a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 10.5 cm (4.1 in), and a total length including the tail of 26 cm (10 in). This species has keeled, pointed dorsal scales. It resembles lizards from the genus Sceloporus, but its tail is typically curled upward, particularly when the lizard is positioned horizontally on rocks or the ground. It is native to the Bahama Islands, the Cayman Islands, and Cuba. It was intentionally introduced to Palm Beach, Florida in the 1940s to control sugar cane pests, and it now also occurs in a few other areas of the state. An additional introduced population lives on the Swan Islands, Honduras.
