Diploglossus

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

Diploglossus is a genus of New World diploglossid lizards, with 19 described species, commonly known as galliwasps.^[2]

Geographic range

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

Species

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

• Diploglossus atitlanensis (H.M. Smith, 1950)
• Diploglossus bilobatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – O'Shaughnessy's galliwasp
• Diploglossus delasagra (Cocteau, 1838) – Cuban galliwasp
• Diploglossus fasciatus (Gray, 1831) – banded galliwasp
• Diploglossus garridoi Thomas & Hedges, 1998
• Diploglossus ingridae Werler & Campbell, 2004
• Diploglossus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994 – Campbell's galliwasp
• Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 – Brazilian galliwasp
• Diploglossus microcephalus (Hallowell, 1856) – smallhead galliwasp
• Diploglossus microlepis (Gray, 1831) – small-lipped galliwasp
• Diploglossus millepunctatus O'Shaughnessy, 1874 – dotted galliwasp
• Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820) – Costa Rican rainbow stripe galliwasp
• Diploglossus montisilvestris Myers, 1973
• Diploglossus montisserrati Underwood, 1964 – Montserrat galliwasp
• Diploglossus nigropunctatus Barbour & Shreve, 1937 – punctuate galliwasp
• Diploglossus owenii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Owen's 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.

References

1. Dahms Tierleben www.dahmstierleben/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
2. Eol.com
3. "Diploglossus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Wiegmann AFA. 1834. Herpetologica 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).