Diploglossus
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Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with ten described species, commonly known as galliwasps.<ref name="eol">Eol.com</ref>
Several former Diploglossus species were moved to the genus Siderolamprus in 2021.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Geographic range
Species of the genus Diploglossus are found in South America and parts of the West Indies.<ref name="eol"/> One species, D. bilobatus, is found in Central America, but is sometimes placed in the distinct genus Mesoamericus in the subfamily Siderolamprinae.<ref name=":0" />
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Diploglossus delasagra Template:Small – Cuban pale-necked galliwasp, Cuban galliwasp
- Diploglossus fasciatus Template:Small – banded galliwasp
- Diploglossus garridoi Template:Small – Cuban small-eared galliwasp
- Diploglossus lessonae Template:Small – Brazilian galliwasp
- Diploglossus microlepis Template:Small – small-lipped galliwasp
- Diploglossus millepunctatus Template:Small – dotted galliwasp
- Diploglossus monotropis Template:Small
- Diploglossus montisserrati Template:Small – Montserrat galliwasp
- Diploglossus nigropunctatus Template:Small – Cuban spotted galliwasp
- Diploglossus pleii Template:Small – 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).