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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gonave Keeled Galliwasp 
SynonymCelestus weinlandi COPE 1868: 125
Celestus rugosus COPE 1879
Diploglossus stenurus weinlandi — SCHWARTZ 1964: 10
Diploglossus stenurus rugosus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 14
Celestus stenurus rugosus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Celestus stenurus weinlandi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Celestus rugosus weinlandi — WWW 2008
Celestus stenurus rugosus — WWW 2008
Celestus stenurus rugosus — HEDGES et al. 2019
Celestus rugosus weinlandi — HEDGES et al. 2019
Comptus stenurus weinlandi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication)
Comptus stenurus rugosus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication)
Comptus weinlandi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 126 
DistributionHaiti, from Gonaïves and Ennery southeast along Golfe de la Gonâve to Plaine de Cul de Sac, thence east into Llanos de Azua and Barahona, República Dominicana; Île à Cabrit.

Type locality: “Gonave Island”.

rugosus (invalid): northern Haiti into northwestern República Dominicana, thence throughout much of the eastern portion of that country; Cayos Siete Hermanos.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 12145
Holotype: USNM 10260 [rugosus] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentSimilar species: Comptus stenurus and C. weinlandi cannot be distinguished based on morphological characters; however, both of these species are morphologically distinct from their closest relatives (C. arboreus and C. alloeides, respectively). (Schools & Hedges 2024) 
EtymologyNamed after David Friedrich Weinland (1829-1915), German zoologist, who found and donated the types to the MCZ.

C. s. rugosus was named from the Latin (= wrinkled), possibly a reference to the distinctly keeled scales. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1863. Contributions to Neotropical saurology. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 176-188. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96-140 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1879. Eleventh contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 18: 261-277. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • Fischer, J.G. 1888. Über eine Kollektion Reptilien und Amphibien von Hayti. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 5: 23-45. - 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
  • 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, M., Kasprowicz, A., & Hedges, S. B. 2022. Phylogenomic data resolve the historical biogeography and ecomorphs of Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107577 - 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
  • Zheng, Yuchi; John J. Wiens 2016. Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 537–547, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.009 - get paper here
 
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