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Diploglossus pleii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Puerto Rican Galliwasp
G: Puerto Rico Gallwespenschleiche
Spanish: Culebra de cuatro patas 
SynonymDiploglossus Pleii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 605
Diploglossus pleii — BOULENGER 1885: 294
Celestus pleii — STEJNEGER 1904: 622
Diploglossus pleii — GREER 1967
Diploglossus pleei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 406
Diploglossus pleei — BLACKBURN 1999
Diploglossus pleii — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 
DistributionPuerto Rico

Type locality: see comment  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2860 
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. 
CommentFor illustrations see Stejneger, 1904; Schmidt, 1928; Rivero, 1978. Terra typica: Martinique (in error). 
EtymologyNamed after Auguste Plee (1787-1825), a collector for Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, in Colombia and the Antilles. 
References
  • Blackburn, Daniel G. 1999. Are Viviparity and Egg-guarding Evolutionarily Labile in Squamates? Herpetologica 55 (4): 556-573 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Brygoo, E. R. 1987. Les types d'Anguid és (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Catalogue critique. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4e ser., 9, sect. A (Zool., BioI. & Ecol. anim.), (2), supplement, 3-20. - 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
  • Greer, A.E. 1967. Notes on the mode of reproduction in anguid lizards. Herpetologica 23 (2): 94-99 - get paper here
  • Rivero, J.A. 1978. Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. M. Pareja Montana, 16, Barcelona, Espafia: x + 152 + 148pp.
  • Schmidt, K.P. 1928. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Amphibians and land reptiles of Porto Rico, with a list of those reported from the Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences 10 (1):160 pp.
  • 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.
  • Stejneger, L. 1904. The herpetology of Porto Rico. Rept. United States Natl. Mus. 1902: 549-724. - get paper here
 
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