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Wetmorena haetiana

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Wetmorena haetiana, the Hispaniolan earless galliwasp or earless galliwasp, is an endangered species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Anguimorpha
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Wetmorena haetiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Diploglossidae
Genus: Wetmorena
Species:
W. haetiana
Binomial name
Wetmorena haetiana
Cochran, 1927
Synonyms

Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)

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Taxonomy

It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved back to Wetmorena in 2021.[3]

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