Sauresia | |
---|---|
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Diploglossidae |
Subfamily: | Celestinae |
Genus: | Sauresia Gray, 1852 |
Species: | S. sepsoides |
Binomial name | |
Sauresia sepsoides Gray, 1852 | |
Synonyms | |
|
Sauresia sepsoides, the Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp or common four-toed galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is the only member of the genus Sauresia.
Taxonomy
It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved back to Sauresia in 2021.
References
- Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Celestus sepsoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176252A71742394. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- Celestus sepsoides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
- Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Taxon identifiers | |
---|---|
Celestus sepsoides |