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 Wetmorena agasepsoides — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 256
Distribution	Hispaniola (SW Dominican Republic) Type locality: Barreras, Azua Province, República Dominicana (18.3228, -70.9042; 155 m).
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 166964. Material examinedby Schools & Hedges 2024 (n=10). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Azua. KU 93387, Barreras, 25 July 1969; USNM 166963, Barreras, 22 July 1969; USNM 166964, Richard Thomas, Barreras, 22 July 1969. Barahona. ANSP 38712, S. Blair Hedges and Richard Thomas, Canoa, 0.3 km S, 13.5 km E (airline), 19 June 1985; ANSP 38713–4, Richard Thomas and S. Blair Hedges, Canoa, 13.7 km due E (airline), 19 June 1985. Pedernales. ANSP 38710–1, S. Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, and locals, Bucan Detwi, 6 January 1998; ANSP 38715, Richard Thomas and S. Blair Hedges, 14.5 km S of Los Arroyos, 12 August 1983; ANSP 38716, Richard Thomas and locals, Troudiye, Richard Thomas and locals, 6 January 1998.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1095 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Illustrations see Thomas, 1971. Limb morphology: 4 digits on each limb. Distribution: for a map see Schools & Hedges 2024: 255 (Fig. 95). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Greek αγα- (= very), σήψ (= decay or putrid, in this in reference to the elongate species Sauresia sepsoides, considered by Thomas (1971) to be its closest relative. Hence, it refers to the very elongate habitus of this species. (Schools & Hedges 2024)
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 Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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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