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title: "Haitian Curlytail Lizard"
description: "Leiocephalus personatus — Répteis. The Hispaniolan masked curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus personatus) is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/haitian-curlytail-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Haitian Curlytail Lizard

> Leiocephalus personatus — Répteis. The Hispaniolan masked curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus personatus) is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae).

- Scientific name: *Leiocephalus personatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 652
- Wikidata: [Q6520045](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6520045)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39345](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39345)

## Names

- en: Haitian Curlytail Lizard
- de: Bunter Maskenleguan
- es: Lagarto Enmascarado de Cola Rizada

## Countries with the most observations

DO (558), HT (29)

## Summary

The Hispaniolan masked curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus personatus) is a lizard species from the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae). It is also known as the 
Hispaniolan masked curlytail, Haitian curlytail lizard and the green-legged curly-tail. endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiocephalus_personatus

## Photo

![Haitian Curlytail Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/haitian-curlytail-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yolanda M. Leon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36280510

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/haitian-curlytail-lizard?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).