Diploglossus nigropunctatus BARBOUR & SHREVE, 1937

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Higher Taxa	Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cuban Spotted Galliwasp
Synonym	Diploglossus delasagra nigropunctatus BARBOUR & SHREVE 1937: 378 Diploglossus nigropunctatus — THOMAS & HEDGES 1998 Diploglossus nigropunctuatus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021
Distribution	E Cuba (Oriente) Type locality: mountains north of Imias, about 3000 ft elevation, Oriente, Cuba
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 42504, adult female; paratypes: MCZ
Diagnosis
Comment	Raised to full species status by THOMAS & HEDGES 1998. Hybridization: Diploglossus nigropunctatus intergrades with D. delasagra in at least northern Camagüey Province.
References	Barbour,T. and B. Shreve 1937. Novitates Cubanae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 80: 377-387 - get paper here Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - 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 Thomas, R., and S. B. Hedges 1998. New anguid lizard (Diploglossus) from Cuba. Copeia 1998 (1): 97-103 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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