Diploglossidae

Diploglossidae is a family of anguimorph lizards native to the Americas. Members of the genera Celestus and Diploglossus are known as galliwasps. They were formerly considered a subfamily of Anguidae, but genetic evidence has shown them to be less closely related to other members of Anguidae than Anniellidae is.[1]

Diploglossidae
Celestus marcanoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Anguioidea
Family: Diploglossidae
Bocourt, 1873
Genera

Species

The family contains the following living species, and one extinct species:[2] Most galliwasps are larger lizards, with normally proportioned and complete limbs. They superficially resemble skinks, and due to their bright coloration, are frequently assumed to be poisonous. They are not venomous, and they occupy terrestrial habitats. [3]

Genus Celestus

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.

Genus Diploglossus

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploglossus.

Genus Ophiodes

References
  1. Burbrink, Frank T; Grazziotin, Felipe G; Pyron, R Alexander; Cundall, David; Donnellan, Steve; Irish, Frances; Keogh, J Scott; Kraus, Fred; Murphy, Robert W; Noonan, Brice; Raxworthy, Christopher J (2020-05-01). Thomson, Robert (ed.). "Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships". Systematic Biology. 69 (3): 502–520. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz062. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 31550008.
  2. The Reptile Database.
  3. Naish, Darren. "The Galliwasps". Scientific American. Springer Nature. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
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