Panolopus

Panolopus is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Panolopus
Marcano's galliwasp (P. marcanoi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Subfamily: Celestinae
Genus: Panolopus
Cope, 1862
Species

Taxonomy

There are three species in this genus, all of which were formerly classified in the genus Celestus until the genus Panolopus was revived for them in 2021.[1][2]

Species

  • Panolopus costatus Cope, 1862 – Hispaniolan smooth galliwasp or common Hispaniolan galliwasp
  • Panolopus curtissi (Grant, 1951) – Curtiss' galliwasp or Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp
  • Panolopus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976) – Marcano's galliwasp or Pico Duarte galliwasp

References

  1. "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  2. Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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