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[2] endemic to Cuba.
| Diploglossus delasagra | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific 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[2] | |
| |
Etymology edit
The specific name, delasagra, is in honor of Spanish botanist Ramón de la Sagra.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of D. delasagra is forest, but it is also found in orchards and plantations.[1]
Description edit
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.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Fong, A. (2017). "Diploglossus delasagra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75167849A75171976. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Diploglossus delasagra at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
- ^ 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 edit
- Cocteau [J-T], Bibron [G] (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 [sic] (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).
.jpg){kind=small} | This lizard article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |