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Diploglossus delasagra

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(Redirected from Cuban pale-necked galliwasp) Species of lizard

Diploglossus delasagra
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Genus: Diploglossus
Species: D. delasagra
Binomial name
Diploglossus delasagra
(Cocteau, 1838)
Synonyms

Diploglossus delasagra, also known as the Cuban galliwasp, the Cuban pale-necked galliwasp, or la culebrita de cuatro patas (Cuban Spanish: "the little four-legged snake"), is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae endemic to Cuba.

Etymology

The specific name, delasagra, is in honor of Spanish botanist Ramón de la Sagra.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. delasagra is forest, but it is also found in orchards and plantations.

Description

Small for the genus Diploglossus, adults of D. delasagra have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 12 cm (4.7 in). A short-legged species, it is brown dorsally, dark brown to black laterally, and yellowish cream ventrally.

Reproduction

D. delasagra is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Fong, A. (2017). "Diploglossus delasagra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75167849A75171976. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ Diploglossus delasagra at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diploglossus delasagra, p. 68).

Further reading

  • Cocteau , Bibron (1838). "Reptiles " pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1838). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 255 pp. ("SEINCUS (DIPLOGLOSSUS) DE LA SAGRA", new species, pp. 110–114 + Plate XX). (in Latin and Spanish).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Diploglossus delasagra, p. 404).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Diploglossus delasagra, pp. 118–119).
Taxon identifiers
Diploglossus delasagra


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