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Panolopus curtissi (GRANT, 1951)

IUCN Red List - Panolopus curtissi - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp, Curtis' Galliwasp, Hispaniolan Khaki Forest Lizard 
SynonymCelestus curtissi GRANT 1951:68
Diploglossus curtissi — SCHWARTZ 1964: 39
Celestus curtissi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 371
Celestus curtissi — POWELL et al. 1999
Panolopus curtissi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021
Panolopus curtissi — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 152 
DistributionHaiti, Plaine de Cul de Sac, north to St.Marc, east into Valle de Neiba, República Dominicana; Île de la Gonâve.

Type locality: Trou Forban, Département de l'Ouest, Haiti
(18.921, -72.654).

INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from Ennery, Haiti, and Isla Catalina and Isla Saona is unassigned subspecifically.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 11733 
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CommentFor illustrations see Grant, 1951; Schwartz, 1964.

Subspecies: former subspecies are now considered as valid species fide Schools & Hedges 2024.

Distribution: for a map see Schools & Hedges 2024: 134 (Fig. 50)

Similar species: Panolopus curtissi and P. diastatus cannot be morphologically separated based on standard characters, however, they can be separated by the nasal length by the nasal height (1.21–1.46 [n=5] versus 1.47–1.73 [n=10]). (Schools & Hedges 2024)

Synonymy: from SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Anthony Curtiss, a collector and amateur natural historian. 
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
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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