Sauresia sepsoides GRAY, 1852
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Sauresia sepsoides
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| Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hispaniolan Four-toed Galliwasp, Common four-toed Galliwasp |
| Synonym | Sauresia sepsoides GRAY 1852: 282 Embryopus Habichii WEINLAND 1863: 135 Sauresia sepoides [sic] — BOULENGER 1885: 295 Sauresia (Celestus) sepsoides — SCHMIDT 1921 Sauresia sepsoides — COCHRAN 1941 Sauresia sepsoides — GREER 1967 Sauresia sepsoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 463 Celestus sepsoides — HEDGES et al. 1992 Sauresia sepsoides — GOOD et al. 1993 Sauresia sepsoides — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic) Type locality: San Domingo. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29.29. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus Sauresia). Species of Sauresia have (1) claw sheath, present, (2) contact between the nasal and rostral scales, absent, (3) scales in contact with the nasal scale, four, (4) postnasal scales, one, (5) position of the nostril in the nasal scale, central, (6) keels on dorsal body scales, absent, (7) digits per limb, four, (8) longest toe lamellae, 8–12, (9) dorsal scale rows, 101–127, (10) relative head width, 9.36–12.2, (11) relative rostral height, 41.3–66.2, (12) relative frontonasal length, 1.70–2.56, (13) relative interparietal distance, 0–0.431, (14) relative axilla-groin distance 63.9–69.9. From Advenus gen. nov., we distinguish Sauresia by the digits per limb (four versus five in Advenus gen. nov.), the longest toe lamellae (8–12 versus 16–17), the dorsal scale rows (101–127 versus 96), the distance between the parietal scales (0–0.431 versus 0.632), and the relative axilla-groin distance (63.9–69.9 versus 60.0). From Caribicus gen. nov., we distinguish Sauresia by the claw sheath (present versus absent in Caribicus gen. nov.), keels on the dorsal body scales (absent versus their presence in Caribicus gen. nov.), digits per limb (four versus five), relative frontonasal length (1.70–2.56 versus 2.98–3.32), and the distance between the parietal scales (0– 0.431 versus 0.468–1.42). From Celestus, we distinguish Sauresia by the claw sheath (present versus its absence in Celestus) and the digits per limb (four versus five). From Comptus gen. nov., we distinguish Sauresia by the claw sheath (present versus its absence in Comptus gen. nov.), keels on the dorsal body scales (absent versus their presence in Comptus gen. nov.), digits per limb (four versus five), the longest toe lamellae (8–12 versus 13–23), the relative frontonasal length (1.70–2.56 versus 2.95–3.65), and the relative axilla-groin distance (63.9–69.9 versus 51.9–60.0). From Panolopus, we distinguish Sauresia by the claw sheath (present versus its absence in Panolopus), digits per limb (four versus five), dorsal scale rows (101–127 versus 83–100), and the relative axilla-groin distance (63.9–69.9 versus 49.7–59.6). From Wetmorena, we distinguish Sauresia by the distance between the parietal scales (0–0.431 versus 0.447–1.03) (SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021). |
| Comment | For illustrations see Boulenger, 1885; Cochran,1941. Type species: Sauresia sepsoides GRAY 1852: 282 is the type species of the genus Sauresia GRAY 1852. The genus is monotypic. Habitat: Wetmorena, Sauresia are some Diploglossus are soil-adapted ecomorphs (Schools et al. 2022). |
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