Caribicus anelpistus (SCHWARTZ, GRAHAM, & DUVAL, 1979)

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Higher Taxa	Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: ALTAGRACIA GIANT GALLIWASP
Synonym	Diploglossus anelpistus SCHWARTZ, GRAHAM & DUVAL 1979:3 Diploglossus anelpistus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 402 Celestus anelpistus — POWELL et al. 1996: 65 Celestus warreni anelpistus — HALLERMANN & BÖHME 2002 Caribicus anelpistus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 Celestus anelpistus — LINDKEN et al. 2024
Distribution	Hispaniola (SC Dominican Republic) Type locality: Ingenio Catarey, "Come Hombre," Villa Altagracia, San Cristóbal Province, República Dominicana.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 197336.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Schwartz, Graham, and Duval, 1979; Henderson, 1988. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).
References	De Jesus, N., Marte-Pimentel, C., Espinal, R. J., & Incháustegui, S. J. 2023. Rediscovery of the Altagracia Giant Galliwasp (Caribicus anelpistus) at Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic. Reptiles & Amphibians, 30(1), e20611-e20611 - get paper here Hallermann, J. & W. Böhme 2002. On giant anguids from the West Indies with special reference to Celestus warreni ( Schwartz, 1970) and its relatives from Hispaniola (Reptilia: Squamata: Anguidae). Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 99: 169-178 Henderson, R. W. 1988. Diploglossus anelpistus Schwartz, Graham and Duval. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (424. - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Powell, R. & Incháustegui, S.J. 2009. Conservation of the herpetofauna of the Dominican Republic. Applied Herpetology 6: 103–122 - get paper here Powell, R., R. W. Henderson, K. Adler, And H. A. Dundee. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. In R. Powell and R. W. Henderson (eds.), Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz, p.51-93. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, volume 12. [book review in Salamandra 36 (2): 136] Powell, Robert, José A. Ottenwalder, Sixto J. Incháustegui, Robert W. Henderson and Richard E. Glor. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of the Dominican Republic: Species of special concern. Oryx 34 (2): 118-128 - 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., E.D. Graham, Jr., and J. J. Duval 1979. A new species of Diploglossus (Sauria: Anguidae) from Hispaniola. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 92: 1-9. - get paper here
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