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Panolopus hylonomus (SCHWARTZ, 1964)

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southeastern Smooth-scaled Forest Lizard 
SynonymDiploglossus curtissi hylonomus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 49
Celestus curtissi hylonomus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 98
Celestus curtissi hylonomus — HEDGES et al. 2019
Panolopus curtissi hylonomus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication)
Panolopus hylonomus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 165 
DistributionRepública Dominicana, southeastern coast.

Type locality: 0.5 mi. N. Boca de Yuma (18.383, -68.609; 28 m).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 77160 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: for a map see Schools & Hedges 2024: 134 (Fig. 49)

Synonymy: from SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024. 
EtymologyProbably named after its habitat, from Greek hylo- (forest), and Greek nomos = usage, pasture, place for living, or Greek nomus (wanderer), in likely allusion to the relatively isolated range of this mesic, forest-dwelling species in eastern Hispaniola. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1951. The specific characters of the Celesti, with description of a new species of Celestus (Sauria: Anguidae). Copeia 1951 (1): 67-69. - get paper here
  • Greer, A.E. 1967. Notes on the mode of reproduction in anguid lizards. Herpetologica 23 (2): 94-99 - get paper here
  • Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53
  • Ober, L.D. 1970. Reproduction in the Anguid Lizard, Diploglossus curtissi aporus Schwartz Herpetologica 26 (2): 275. - 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, 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.
  • Schwartz,A. 1964. Diploglossus costatus Cope (Sauria: Anguidae) and its relatives in Hispaniola. Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery Sci. Publ. 13: 1-57
  • 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
 
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