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Caribicus darlingtoni (COCHRAN, 1939)

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hispaniolan Striped Galliwasp, Darlington's Galliwasp 
SynonymCelestus darlingtoni COCHRAN 1939: 2
Celestus darlingtoni — COCHRAN 1941
Celestus darlingtoni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 372
Celestus darlingtoni — POWELL et al. 1999
Caribicus darlingtoni — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021: 218
Caribicus darlingtoni — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 30 
DistributionHispaniola (Cordillera Central in the Dominican Republic)
Antilles

Type locality: Valle Nuevo, in the Cordillera Central southeast of Constanza, elevation 6000 ft.-8000 ft., La Vega Provinee, República Dominicana.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 44374. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3014 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Cochran, 1941.

Type species: Celestus darlingtoni COCHRAN 1939: 2 is the type species of the genus Caribicus SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021. Content: Caribicus anelpistus, C. darlingtoni, C. warreni.

Habitat: Species of Caribicus are mostly ground-adapted ecomorphs (Schools et al. 2022).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Philip Jackson Darlington Jr. (1904-1983), an evolutionary biologist, zoogeographer, and beetle taxonomist. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1939. Diagnoses of three new lizards and a frog from die Dominican Republic. Proc. New England Zoöl. Club 18: 1-3.
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Powell, Robert; José A. Ottenwalder and Sixto J. Incháustegui 1999. The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perpectives, with Comments on Navassa Island. In Crother, Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, Academic Press, pp. 93-168 - get paper here
  • SCHOOLS, M., & HEDGES, S. B. 2024. A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa, 5554(1): 1-306 - get paper here
  • Schools, M., Kasprowicz, A., & Hedges, S. B. 2022. Phylogenomic data resolve the historical biogeography and ecomorphs of Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107577 - get paper here
  • SCHOOLS, MOLLY & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2021. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Zootaxa 4974 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thomas, R. and S. B. Hedges. 1989. A new Celestus (Sauria: Anguidae) from the Chaine de Ia Selle of Haiti. Copeia 1989 (4): 886-891 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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