Diploglossus
Genus of lizards
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Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with ten described species, commonly known as galliwasps.[2]
| Diploglossus | |
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| Diploglossus monotropis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Diploglossinae |
| Genus: | Diploglossus Wiegmann, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| Scincus monotropis Kuhl, 1820 | |
| Species | |
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10 recognized species, see article | |
Several former Diploglossus species were moved to the genus Siderolamprus in 2021.[3]
Geographic range
Species of the genus Diploglossus are found in South America and parts of the West Indies.[2] One species, D. bilobatus, is found in Central America, but is sometimes placed in the distinct genus Mesoamericus in the subfamily Siderolamprinae.[3]
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.[4]
- 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.
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