Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with ten described species, commonly known as galliwasps.[2]
| Diploglossus | |
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| Diploglossus monotropis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Diploglossinae |
| Genus: | Diploglossus Wiegmann, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| Scincus monotropis Kuhl, 1820
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| Species | |
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10 recognized species, see article | |
Several former Diploglossus species were moved to the genus Siderolamprus in 2021.[3]
Geographic range
editSpecies of the genus Diploglossus are found in South America and parts of the West Indies.[2] One species, D. bilobatus, is found in Central America, but is sometimes placed in the distinct genus Mesoamericus in the subfamily Siderolamprinae.[3]
Species
editThe following ten species are recognized as being valid.[4]
- Diploglossus delasagra (Cocteau, 1838) – Cuban pale-necked galliwasp, Cuban galliwasp
- Diploglossus fasciatus (Gray, 1831) – banded galliwasp
- Diploglossus garridoi Thomas & Hedges, 1998 – Cuban small-eared galliwasp
- Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 – Brazilian galliwasp
- Diploglossus microlepis (Gray, 1831) – small-lipped galliwasp
- Diploglossus millepunctatus O'Shaughnessy, 1874 – dotted galliwasp
- Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820)
- Diploglossus montisserrati Underwood, 1964 – Montserrat galliwasp
- Diploglossus nigropunctatus Barbour & Shreve, 1937 – Cuban spotted galliwasp
- Diploglossus pleii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Puerto Rican galliwasp
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploglossus.
References
edit- ^ "Diploglossus ". Dahms Tierleben www.dahmstierleben/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
- ^ a b Eol.com
- ^ a b Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34186858.
- ^ Genus Diploglossus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additsque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I-X. (Diploglossus, new genus, p. 36). (in Latin).
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