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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Genus: Diploglossus
Species (17): D. atitlanensis – D. bilobatus – D. bivittatus – D. delasagra – D. fasciatus – D. garridoi – D. lessonae – D. microlepis – D. millepunctatus – D. monotropis – D. montanus – D. montisilvestris – D. montisserrati – D. nigropunctatus – D. owenii – D. pleii – D. scansorius
Name

Diploglossus Wiegmann, 1834
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Diploglossus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 July 2020.

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]

Diploglossus atitlanensis (H.M. Smith, 1950)
Diploglossus bilobatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – O'Shaughnessy's galliwasp
Diploglossus bivittatus (Boulenger, 1895)
Diploglossus delasagra (Cocteau, 1838) – Cuban galliwasp
Diploglossus fasciatus (Gray, 1831) – banded galliwasp
Diploglossus garridoi Thomas & Hedges, 1998
Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 – Brazilian 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 montanus (K.P. Schmidt, 1933) – mountain lesser 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
Diploglossus scansorius McCranie & Wilson, 1996

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploglossus.
References

"Diploglossus ". Dahms Tierleben www.dahmstierleben/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
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Genus Diploglossus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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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