Diploglossus

Diploglossus
Diploglossus monotropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Genus:	Diploglossus Wiegmann, 1834[1]
Species
17 recognized species, see article

Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with 20 described species, commonly known as galliwasps.^[2]

Geographic range[]

Species of the genus Diploglossus are found in North and South America.^[2]

Species[]

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

• (H.M. Smith, 1950)
• (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – O'Shaughnessy's galliwasp
• (Boulenger, 1895)
• (Cocteau, 1838) – Cuban galliwasp
• (Gray, 1831) – banded galliwasp
• Thomas & Hedges, 1998
• Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 – Brazilian galliwasp
• (Gray, 1831) – small-lipped galliwasp
• Diploglossus millepunctatus O'Shaughnessy, 1874 – dotted galliwasp
• (Kuhl, 1820) – Costa Rican rainbow stripe galliwasp
• (K.P. Schmidt, 1933) – mountain lesser galliwasp
• Myers, 1973
• Diploglossus montisserrati Underwood, 1964 – Montserrat galliwasp
• Barbour & Shreve, 1937 – punctuate galliwasp
• A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Owen's galliwasp
• A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Puerto Rican galliwasp
• McCranie & Wilson, 1996

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).

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