| Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Constanza Forest Lizard |
| Synonym | Diploglossus costatus psychonothes SCHWARTZ 1964: 32
Celestus costatus psychonothes — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 96
Celestus costatus psychonothes — HEDGES et al. 2019
Panolopus costatus psychonothes — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication)
Panolopus psychonothes — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 204 |
| Distribution | interior Cordillera Central, República Dominicana.
Type locality: 1 mi. S Constanza, 4000 ft., La Vega Province, Republica Dominicana (18.893, -70.738; 1,164 m).
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| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 3606.
Holotype: USNM 197323 [aenetergum]
Holotype: MCZ 77158 [chalcorhabdus]
Holotype: USNM 167300, adult female; paratypes: CM, USNM, MCZ [emys]
Holotype: MCZ 77154 [leionotus]
Holotype: MCZ 77157 [melanchrous]
Holotype: MCZ 77155 [neiba]
Holotype: MCZ 77153 [nesobous]
Holotype: MCZ 74940 [oreistes]
Holotype: MCZ 12457 [phoxinus]
Holotype: MCZ 77156 [psychonothes]
Holotype: CM 52285, adult female [saonae] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (psychonothes): A subspecies of D. costatus characterized by high number of ventral scales between mental and vent, very dark dorsum with promi-
nent, contrasting and fully expressed dorsal pattern, often with longitudinal lines connecting the dots in the herringbones (Fig. 10), venter pale bronzy with black streaking on throat and chest, and two prefrontals. (Schwartz 1964)
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| Comment | Distribution: for a map see Schools & Hedges 2024: 134 (Fig. 50)
Habitat: Comptus and Panolopus have both ground and tree-adapted ecomorphs (Schools et al. 2022).
Similar species: Panolopus psychonothes and P. chalcorhabdus can only be separated by the angled subocular width divided by the angled subocular height (2.37–2.72 [n=5] versus 2.77–3.28 [n=5]). (Schools & Hedges 2024) |
| Etymology | Named in reference to this lethargy, meaning "torpid from the cold", from Greek psyche = breath, life, soul, spirit, and Greek nothros, nothes = sluggish, torpid. According to Schools & Hedges 2024 the name means “torpid from the cold |
| References |
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- 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
- Boulenger, G.A. 1898. Third report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1898: 912-923. - get paper here
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- Cope, E.D. 1862. On the genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphaerodactylus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 494-500. [1861] - get paper here
- Cope, E.D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96-140 - get paper here
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- Schools, M., Kasprowicz, A., & Hedges, S. B. 2022. Phylogenomic data resolve the historical biogeography and ecomorphs of Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107577 - get paper here
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