A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed
Author
Mccranie, James R.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3931
3
352
386
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.2
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1175-5326
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FAMILY
DIPLOGLOSSIDAE Cope 1865
, 228
(1 genus, 3 species, 1 endemic species)
Diploglossus
Wiegmann 1834
, 36 (3 species, 1 endemic species).
SolĂs
et al.
(2014)
continued to recognize
Celestus
Gray
(1839 [p. 288]) for these lizards despite
Pyron
et al.
(2013)
presenting data that both
Diploglossus
and
Celestus
are paraphyletic in respect with each other and with another diploglossid genus (
Ophiodes
Wagler 1828
[col. 740]) from South
America
.
Diploglossus
is an older name than is
Celestus
.
Diploglossus bivittatus
Boulenger 1895
, 732
Diploglossus montanus
(K. Schmidt 1933, 21)
Diploglossus scansorius
new combination
(E) (McCranie & Wilson 1996, 260)