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Panolopus aporus (SCHWARTZ, 1964)

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barahona Smooth-scaled Forest Lizard 
SynonymDiploglossus curtissi aporus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 45
Diploglossus curtissi aporus — GREER 1967
Diploglossus curtissi aporus — OBER 1970
Celestus curtissi aporus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 98
Celestus curtissi aporus — HEDGES et al. 2019
Panolopus curtissi aporus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication)
Panolopus aporus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 139 
DistributionPeninsula de Barahona, west to Dominico-Haitian border, north to Barahona, República Dominicana.

Type locality: 13.1 mi Sw Enriquillo, Pedernales Prov., Dominican Republic (17.7939, -71.3753; 8 m).  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 77159, collected by David C. Leber and Richard Thomas on 30 July 1963. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (aporus): A subspecies of D. curtissi characterized by large size (females to 82 mm snout-vent length, males unknown), high number of ventral and midbody scales, high number of fourth toe lamellae, light metallic dorsum with lateral band black anteriorly and fading posteriorly, dorsal pattern consisting of faint indications of nuchal lines or a patternless or faintly dotted dorsum, and chin and throat with faint gray markings. (Schwartz 1964)


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CommentDistribution: for a map see Schools & Hedges 2024: 134 (Fig. 50) 
EtymologyNamed from the Greek word for "puzzled" (e.g. Greek aporema = doubt, question, perplexity), as the form presented a real puzzle as to their affinities. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1951. The specific characters of the Celesti, with description of a new species of Celestus (Sauria: Anguidae). Copeia 1951 (1): 67-69. - get paper here
  • Greer, A.E. 1967. Notes on the mode of reproduction in anguid lizards. Herpetologica 23 (2): 94-99 - get paper here
  • Hedges SB, Powell R, Henderson RW, Hanson S, and Murphy JC 2019. Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1–53
  • Ober, L.D. 1970. Reproduction in the Anguid Lizard, Diploglossus curtissi aporus Schwartz Herpetologica 26 (2): 275. - get paper here
  • Powell, Robert; José A. Ottenwalder and Sixto J. Incháustegui 1999. The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perpectives, with Comments on Navassa Island. In Crother, Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, Academic Press, pp. 93-168 - get paper here
  • SCHOOLS, M., & HEDGES, S. B. 2024. A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa 5554(1): 1-306 - 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
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz,A. 1964. Diploglossus costatus Cope (Sauria: Anguidae) and its relatives in Hispaniola. Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery Sci. Publ. 13: 1-57
  • Thomas, R. and S. B. Hedges. 1989. A new Celestus (Sauria: Anguidae) from the Chaine de Ia Selle of Haiti. Copeia 1989 (4): 886-891 - get paper here
 
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