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Panolopus marcanoi (SCHWARTZ & INCHAUSTEGUI, 1976)

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pico Duarte Galliwasp, Marcano's Galliwasp, Pico Duarte Forest Lizard 
SynonymDiploglossus marcanoi SCHWARTZ & INCHAUSTEGUI 1976: 242
Celestus marcanoi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 376
Celestus marcanoi — POWELL et al. 1999
Panolopus marcanoi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021
Panolopus marcanoi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 183 
DistributionHispaniola (Cordillera Central in the Dominican Republic)

Type locality: Valle de Bao, 1800 m, Cordillera Central (road to Pico Duarte), Santiago Province, República Dominicana (19.0833, -71.0333; 1800 m).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 197299, adult male. Originally Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo (MNHNSD) 163.
Paratypes. MNHNSD 162, Albert Schwartz Field Series (ASFS) V23962-65, same data as holotype; collection of Sixto J. Inchaustegui (SJI) 427-28, MNHNSD 211-19, same locality and collector as holotype, 5-6 January 1971; MNHNSD 220, Rio, Baito, +/- 1500 m, Santiago Province, Republica Dominicana, S. J. Inchaustegui, 6 January 1971. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (751 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Schwartz and Incháustegui, 1976.

Distribution: for a map see Schools & Hedges 2024: 134 (Fig. 50) 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Eugenio de Jesu Marcano Fondeur of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo “who organized the two expeditions and also sponsored them, and who invited the junior author to become a member of the parties”. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. and S.I. Inchaustegui. 1976. A new species of Diploglossus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Anguidae) from Hispaniola. Journal of Herpetology 10: 241-246. - get paper here
  • 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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