Celestus haetianus (COCHRAN, 1927)
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Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Celestus haetianus haetianus (COCHRAN 1927) Celestus haetianus mylicus (SCHWARTZ 1965) Celestus haetianus surdus (SCHWARTZ 1965) |
Common Names | E: Hispaniolan Earless Galliwasp, EARLESS Galliwasp |
Synonym | Wetmorena haetiana COCHRAN 1927: 91 Wetmorena haetianus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 553 Celestus haetianus — HEDGES et al. 1992 Wetmorena haetianus — WIENS & SLINGLUF 2001 Celestus haetianus mylicus (SCHWARTZ 1965) Wetmorena haetiana mylica SCHWARTZ 1965: 45 Wetmorena haetiana mylica — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Celestus haetianus mylicus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Celestus haetianus surdus (SCHWARTZ 1965) Wetmorena haetiana surda SCHWARTZ 1965: 41 Wetmorena haetiana surda — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Celestus haetianus surdus — HEDGES et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Hispaniola, S Haiti haetiana: Haiti, east-central Massif de la Selle and affiliates. Altitudinal distribution 5000 ft. to 8820 ft. Type locality: Mont Cabalo, Massif de la Selle, Département du Sud-Est, Haiti. mylica: República Dominicana, Sierra de Baoruco. Altitudinal distribution 2600 ft. to 4450 ft. surda: Haiti and República Dominicana, extreme eastern Massif de la Selle. Altitudinal distibution 4800 ft. to ca. 8000 ft. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 72600 Holotype: MCZ 77040, adult male, paratypes: AMNH, USNM, MCZ, KU [surdus] Holotype: MCZ 77049, adult male; paratypes: MCZ, AMNH, KU, USNM [mylicus] |
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Comment | Illustrations see Cochran, 1941; Schwartz, 1965. Limb morphology: 4 digits on each limb. |
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