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Sauresia sepsoides, the Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp or common four-toed galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is the only member of the genus Sauresia.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Anguimorpha
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Sauresia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Family: Diploglossidae
Subfamily: Celestinae
Genus: Sauresia
Gray, 1852
Species:
S. sepsoides
Binomial name
Sauresia sepsoides
Gray, 1852
Synonyms
  • Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852)
  • Embryopus habichii (Weinland, 1863)
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Taxonomy

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

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