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Diploglossus garridoi THOMAS & HEDGES, 1998

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: CUBAN SMALL-EARED GALLIWASP
G: Kuba-Gallwespenschleiche 
SynonymDiploglossus garridoi THOMAS & HEDGES 1998
Diploglossus garridoi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 
DistributionCuba (Granma)

Type locality: at El Manguito, 1110 m elevation, Granma Province, Cuba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHNCU 4420 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Diploglossus most closely related to D. delasagra and D. nigropunctatus but differingfromtheminhavingamorerounded, higher snout; less distinct canthus rostralis; smaller ear opening; suture between first and second labials in line with posterior edge of the nasal scale; more convex posterior edge of prefrontal; greater angle between first supraocular and frontal scale; low numbers of scale organs on head and lateral scales of neck and body; and unspotted, finely lined dorsal pattern and extensively pigmented venter. (Thomas & Hedges 1998)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Cuban herpetologist Orlando H. Garrido (1931-2024). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - 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
  • Thomas, R., and S. B. Hedges 1998. New anguid lizard (Diploglossus) from Cuba. Copeia 1998 (1): 97-103 - get paper here
 
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