- Source: Diploglossus
Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with ten described species, commonly known as galliwasps.
Several former Diploglossus species were moved to the genus Siderolamprus in 2021.
Geographic range
Species of the genus Diploglossus are found in South America and parts of the West Indies. One species, D. bilobatus, is found in Central America, but is sometimes placed in the distinct genus Mesoamericus in the subfamily Siderolamprinae.
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.
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
Further reading
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).
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Montserrat
- Diploglossus
- Diploglossus pleii
- Diploglossus fasciatus
- Diploglossus garridoi
- Diploglossus delasagra
- Diploglossus monotropis
- Caribicus warreni
- Advenus
- Brazilian galliwasp
- Mesoamericus
