Sauresia

Sauresia sepsoides, the Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp or common four-toed galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is the only member of the genus Sauresia.

Sauresia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Subfamily: Celestinae
Genus: Sauresia
Gray, 1852
Species:
S. sepsoides
Binomial name
Sauresia sepsoides
Gray, 1852
Synonyms
  • Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852)
  • Embryopus habichii (Weinland, 1863)

Taxonomy

It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved back to Sauresia in 2021.[3]

References
  1. Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Celestus sepsoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176252A71742394. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. Celestus sepsoides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. 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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