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Diploglossus monotropis (KUHL, 1820)

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymScincus monotropis KUHL 1820: 128
Diploglossus monotropis — WIEGMANN 1834: 36
Camelia (Tiliqua) jamaicensis GRAY 1839: 293
Diploglossus monotropis — GÜNTHER 1885: 34
Diploglossus monotropis — BOULENGER 1885: 285
Diploglossus monotropis — TAYLOR 1956: 195
Diploglossus monotropis — PETERS et al. 1970: 109
Diploglossus monotropis — KAHL et al. 1980: 191
Diploglossus monotropis — KÖHLER 2000: 36
Diploglossus monotropis — VALENCIA-ZULETA et al. 2014
Diploglossus monotropis — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 
DistributionNicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca, Chocó), Ecuador

Type locality: unknown (fide KUHL as cited in PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated, Kuhl referred to BMNH, but apparently not there (see GOOD et al. 1993 for some discussion)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.90 (formerly BMNH XV.119a) [jamaicensis] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek monos (μόνος), alone, solitary + Greek tropis (τρόπις), keel. [“...Die Rücken- und Schwanzschuppen sind gestreift und mit einer einzigen, mittleren Carina versehen, die der Bauchseite ganz glatt...“]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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  • Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce 2023. Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18434 - get paper here
  • Good, David A.; Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1993. An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Anguimorph Lizards (Squamata: Anguidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xenosauridae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 69 (1): 45-56 - get paper here
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