Catalog of the Family Diploglossidae Harold De Lisle 2017 Cover: Diploglossus fasciatus Photo by Daniel R. Lordelo Back cover: Celestus warreni Photo by Milo Ko řínek Email: [email protected] Family Diploglossidae The lizard family Diploglossidae is distributed in the West Indies, Central America, and South America. The family contains three genera Celestus has 33 species and Diploglossus with 14 species. Both share a similar snout, elongated cylindrical body with short well developed limbs. The genus Ophiodes has 5 species. As the Latin name suggests, they have a snake-like body, with not front limbs and only small rudimentary hind limbs. The family species have a body covered by cycloid scales that are underlain by osteoderms having a distinctive, peaked, gliding surface. The family contains both egglayers and viviparous species. The larger species can produce more than 20 offspring. Savage et al (2008) list the members of the Diploglossidae with the claw as the definitive character: exposed claws in Celestus and claws sheated in the other genera. Pyron & Burbrink (2013) found Diploglossus and Celestus are strongly supported as paraphyletic with respect to each other and to Ophiodes , but they had data on only six taxa. Abbreviations of museums holding the types are as follows AMNH - American Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), 79th Street and Central Park West, New York, New York 10024, USA. BMNH – The Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Cromwell Road, London SW75BD, United Kingdom. CM - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. ENCB - Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas Campus Santo Tomás, 11350 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico FMNH - Field Museum, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Roosevelt Road at Lake ShoreDrive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA HMZ - Hamburg University Zoology Museum, Hamburg, Germany KU - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, Division of Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA . LACM - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007 MACN - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina MCZ - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. MNHNP - Museum National dHistoire Naturelle, Laboratoire des Amphibiens et Reptiles, 25 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France MRSN - Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Via Giovanni Giolitti 36, Torino, Italy MVUP - Museo de Vertebrados de la Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Panama CHFURG – Colecáõ Herpetológica da Fundacáõ Universidade do Rio Grande, Av. Itália km 8 Bairro , Carreiros, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil RCSOM – Royal College of Surgeons of England Museum, London RMNH - Naturalis (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum; formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie), Postbus 9517, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands. USNM - National Museum of Natural History, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA . UTA- University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Biological Sciences, UTA Box 19489, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA. ZMB - Universität Humboldt, Zoologisches Museum, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany. ZSM - Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Pasing-Obermenzing, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany Diploglossidae Bocourt, 1873 Bocourt, M.F. 1873 : Recherches Zoologiques pour servir à l'Histoire de la Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale , Recherches zoologiques. Part 2, sect. 1 . In: Duméril, Bocourt & Mocquard, 1870-1909, Études sur les reptiles , vol. 2-15, p. 33-860. Type genus: Diploglossus Wiegmann, 1834 Celestus Gray. 1839 Gray, J.E. 1839. A catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser 2, 1: 288-293. Type species: Celestus striatus Gray, 1838: 288 Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008 Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008: 851 Type locality: abandoned sawmill site on the continental divide, 9.7 km NNW of El Copé (8°40’04” N, 80°35’6” W), Parque Nacional General de División Omar Torrijos Herrera, La Pintada District, Coclé Province, Panama. Holotype: MVUP 1894 Distribution: Serranía de Tabasará, Panama Celestus adercus Barry Zimmer Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971) Diploglossus agasepsoides Thomas, 1971:2. Type locality: Barreras, Azua Province, República Dominicana Holotype: USNM 166964 Distribution: Sierra Martin Garcia and Peninsula de Barahona, República Dominicana Celestus agasepsoides Miguel Landestoy Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) Diploglossus anelpistus Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979:3 Type locality: Ingenio Catarey, "Come Hombre," Villa Altagracia, San Cristóbal Province, República Dominicana Holotype: USNM 197336 Distribution: Villa Altagracia, San Cristóbal Province, República Dominicana Last seen 1977 Celestus atitlanensis Smith, 1950 Celestus atitlanensis Smith, 1950: 195 Type locality: Atitlán, Guatemala Holotype: MNHNP 0.5206 Distribution: Mexico: Chiapas State; Pacific slope of Guatemala; El Salvador Celestus badius Cope, 1868 Celestus badius Cope, 1868: 126 Type locality: Navassa Island Syntypes: USNM 25817-18 Distribution: USA: Navassa Island Celestus badius Robert Powell Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940 Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940: 101 Type locality: Mandeville, Manchester Parish, Jamaica Holotype: MCZ 45169 Distribution: central Jamaica: St. James, Trelawny, Manchester, St. Ann parishes Celestus barbouri Alejandro Sanchez Celestus carraui (Inchaústegui, Schwartz, and Henderson, 1985) Diploglossus carraui Inchaustegui, Schwartz, and Henderson, 1985: 196 Type locality: Comedero, La Isabela, Puerto Plata Province, República Dominicana Holotype: USNM 197369. Distribution: northern República Dominicana: Valverde Province to Salcedo Province Celestus carraui R Sadjak Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862) Celestus costatus costatus (Cope, 1862) Panolopus costatus Cope, 1862: 494 Type locality: Near Jérémie, Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti Holotype: MCZ 3606 Synonyms : Celestus phoxinus Cope, 1868 Type locality: Near Jérémie, Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti Holotype: MCZ 12457 Diploglossus ohlendorffi Fischer, 1886 Type locality: Haiti Holotype: HZM, destroyed in WWII Diploglossus nuchalis Boulenger, 1898 Type locality: unknown Holotype: BMNH 1897.3.16.1 Distribution: Haiti: Tiburon Peninsula Celestus costatus aenetergum Schwartz & Jacobs, 1989 Celestus costatus aenetergum Schwartz & Jacobs, 1989: 193 Type locality: Isla Catalinita, La Altagracia Province, República Dominicana Holotype: USNM 197323 Distribution: Isla Catalinita, La Altagracia Province, República Dominicana Celestus costatus chalcorhabdus (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus chalcorhabdus Schwartz, 1964: 37 Type locality: 0.9 mi. SE El Macao, La Altagracia Province, República Dominicana Holotype: MCZ 77158 Distribution: extreme eastern República Dominicana: La Altagracia Province to La Romana Province Celestus costatus emys (Schwartz, 1971) Diploglossus costatus emys Schwartz, 1971: 163 Type locality: Île de la Tortue, Haiti Holotype: USNM 167300 Distribution: Haiti: Île de la Tortue Celestus costatus leionotus (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus leionotus Schwartz, 1964: 28 Type locality: 15 km SE San Juan, San Juan Province, República Dominicana Holotype: MCZ 77154 Distribution: República Dominicana: Valle de San Juan and intermontane valleys in Sierra de Neiba, east to Llanos de Azua and southern slopes of Cordillera Central. Celestus costatus melanchrous (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus melanchrous Schwartz, 1964: 34 Type locality: 8 km E Gasper Hernández. Espaillat Province, República Dominicana Holotype: MCZ 77157 Distribution: north-central and eastern Haiti, east to Peninsula de Samaná, República Dominicana; inland to Hato Mayor, Monte Plata, San Cristóbal, Peravia, Monseñor Nouel, and La Vega provinces. Celestus costatus neiba (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus neiba Schwartz, 1964: 30 Type locality: 19 km SW Hondo Valle, Elías Piña Province, República Dominicana Holotype: MCZ 77155 Distribution: Sierra de Neiba, Elías Piña & Independencia Provinces, República Dominicana Celestus costatus neiba Mel Rivera Celestus costatus nesobous (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus nesobous Schwartz, 1964: 23 Type locality: western end, Ile-á-Vache, Haiti Holotype: MCZ 77153 Distribution: Haiti: Ile-á-Vache Celestus costatus oreistes (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus oreistes Schwartz, 1964: 25 Type locality: Oriani, Department du Sud-Est, Haiti Holotype: MCZ 74940 Distribution: southeastern Haiti:Morne de Cayette, Montagne Noire, Massif de la Selle (and associated lowlands); east into República Dominicana: Sierra de Baoruco to east coast of Peninsula de Barahona Celestus costatus psychonothes (Schwartz, 1964) Diploglossus costatus psychonothes Schwartz, 1964: 32 Type locality: 1 mi S Constanza, La Vega Province, República Dominicana Holotype: MCZ 77156 Distribution: República Dominicana: interior Cordillera Central Celestus costatus saonae (Schwartz, 1971) Diploglossus costatus saonae Schwartz, 1971: 161 Type locality: 0.5 mi W Mano Juan, Isla Saona, República Dominicana Holotype: CM 52285 Distribution: República Dominicana: Isla Saona Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) Celestus crusculus crusculus (Garman, 1887) Diploglossus crusculus Garman, 1887:22