Panolopus curtissi (GRANT, 1951)

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Higher Taxa	Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Panolopus curtissi curtissi (GRANT 1951) Panolopus curtissi aporus (SCHWARTZ 1964) Panolopus curtissi diastatus (SCHWARTZ 1964) Panolopus curtissi hylonomus (SCHWARTZ 1964)
Common Names	E: Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp, Curtis' Galliwasp
Synonym	Celestus 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 aporus (SCHWARTZ 1964) Diploglossus 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 curtissi diastatus (SCHWARTZ 1964) Diploglossus curtissi diastatus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 42 Celestus curtissi diastatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 98 Celestus curtissi diastatus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Panolopus curtissi diastatus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication) Panolopus curtissi hylonomus (SCHWARTZ 1964) Diploglossus curtissi hylonomus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 49 Celestus curtissi hylonomus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 98 Celestus curtissi hylonomus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Panolopus curtissi hylonomus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 (by implication)
Distribution	Hispaniola, Ile de la Tortue, Ile de la Gonave, Isla Catalina, Isla Saona Antilles, Haiti, Dominican Republic curtissi: Haiti, 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. aporus: Peninsula de Barahona, west to Dominico-Haitian border, north to Barahona, República Dominicana. diastatus: Haiti, Presqu'île du Nord-Ouest, south to Ça Soleil and Terre Neuve; Île de la Tortue. hylonomus: República Dominicana, southeastern coast. INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from Ennery, Haiti, and Isla Catalina and Isla Saona is unassigned subspecifically.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 11733. Holotype: MCZ 77159 [aporus] Holotype: MCZ 63402 [diastatus] Holotype: MCZ 77160 [hylonomus]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (494 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Grant, 1951; Schwartz, 1964.
Etymology	Named 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, 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/diapsida1.html Google images

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