NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Leiocephalus
  Family - Leiocephalidae
  Suborder - Iguania
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Leiocephalus lunatus lunatus
      Subspecies - Leiocephalus lunatus arenicolor
      Subspecies - Leiocephalus lunatus lewisi
      Subspecies - Leiocephalus lunatus louisae
      Subspecies - Leiocephalus lunatus melaenoscelis
      Subspecies - Leiocephalus lunatus thomasi