Martinique curly-tailed lizard

Leiocephalus herminieri is an extinct lizard of the family of smoothhead iguanas ( Leiocephalidae ). It is named after the French naturalist Félix Louis L' Herminier. There are five museum specimens, three of which in Paris, one in London and another kept in Leiden. Although the distribution area now generally Martinique is suspected, it was in the past, some confusion about the origin of the few known copies. While André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron 1837 Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago named as places of origin in its first description in the year, George Albert Boulenger was in 1885, only Trinidad and Tobago as terra typica. Lifestyle, Aussterbeursachen and exact time of extinction of Leiocephalus herminieri are unknown. This Leguanart was last collected in the 1830s.

Of the three located in Paris museum specimens, the largest female 139 mm and the largest male is 126 mm long. The large head scales are grazed more or less clearly. The large dorsal scales are keeled and diagonal form continuous rows. The smaller flanks and belly scales are also keeled. The back is greenish brown with more or less conspicuous yellow stripes. The head is yellowish with four to five vertical black bars on each side. The belly is yellowish. The throat includes diagonal black bands.