Wetmorena haetiana

Wetmorena haetiana
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Diploglossidae
Genus:	Wetmorena
Species:	W. haetiana
Binomial name
Wetmorena haetiana Cochran, 1927
Synonyms
Celestus haetianus(Cochran, 1927)

Wetmorena haetiana, the Hispaniolan earless galliwasp or earless galliwasp, is an endangered species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family ^[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Taxonomy

It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus , but was moved back to Wetmorena in 2021. ^[3]

References

1. Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Hedges, B. (2016). "Celestus haetianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T203030A115346367. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
2. "Wetmorena haetiana". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
3. Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)" . Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   34186858. S2CID   235687219.