Wetmorena agasepsoides (THOMAS, 1971)

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Higher Taxa	Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: SERPENTINE FOUR-TOED GALLIWASP
Synonym	Diploglossus agasepsoides THOMAS 1971:2. Sauresia agasepsoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 462 Celestus agasepsoides — WHITE & POWELL 1996 Sauresia agasepsoides — WIENS & SLINGLUFF 2001 Celestus agasepsoides — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012 Wetmorena agasepsoides — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021
Distribution	Hispaniola (SW Dominican Republic) Type locality: Barreras, Azua Province, República Dominicana.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 166964.
Diagnosis
Comment	Illustrations see Thomas, 1971. Limb morphology: 4 digits on each limb.
References	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. 1971. A new species of Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae) from Hispaniola. Occas. Pap. Mus.. Zool. Louisiana State Univ. 40: 1-9. - get paper here White L R; Powell R 1996. Celestus agasepsoides. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 627: 1-2 - get paper here Wiens, J. J., and J. L. Slingluff 2001. How lizards turn into snakes: a phylogenetic analysis of body-form evolution in anguid lizards. Evolution 55: 2303–2318 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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