Sauresia

Sauresia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Subfamily:	Celestinae
Genus:	Sauresia; Gray, 1852
Species:	S. sepsoides
Binomial name
	Sauresia sepsoides; Gray, 1852
Synonyms
	Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852); Embryopus habichii (Weinland, 1863);

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Sauresia sepsoides, the Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp or common four-toed galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family^[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is the only member of the genus Sauresia.

Taxonomy

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

References

^ Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Celestus sepsoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176252A71742394. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ Celestus sepsoides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
^ 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.

[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S. (2016). "Celestus sepsoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176252A71742394. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[RDB-2] Celestus sepsoides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.

[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.

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