Diploglossus Explained

Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with ten described species, commonly known as galliwasps.^[1]

Several former Diploglossus species were moved to the genus Siderolamprus in 2021.^[2]

Geographic range

Species of the genus Diploglossus are found in South America and parts of the West Indies.^[1] 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.^[3]

• Diploglossus delasagra – Cuban pale-necked galliwasp, Cuban galliwasp
• Diploglossus fasciatus – banded galliwasp
• Diploglossus garridoi – Cuban small-eared galliwasp
• Diploglossus lessonae – Brazilian galliwasp
• Diploglossus microlepis – small-lipped galliwasp
• Diploglossus millepunctatus – dotted galliwasp
• Diploglossus monotropis
• Diploglossus montisserrati – Montserrat galliwasp
• Diploglossus nigropunctatus – Cuban spotted galliwasp
• Diploglossus pleii – Puerto Rican galliwasp

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploglossus.

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).

Notes and References

1. http://www.eol.org/pages/795026 Eol.com
2. Schools . Molly . species:Molly Schools . Hedges . S. Blair . Stephen Blair Hedges . 2021-05-20 . Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae) . Zootaxa . 4974 . 2 . 201–257 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1 . 34186858 . 1175-5334.
3. . www.reptile-database.org.