Diploglossus delasagra

Diploglossus delasagra, also known as the Cuban galliwasp, the Cuban pale-necked galliwasp, or la culebrita de cuatro patas (Cuban Spanish: "the little four-legged snake"), is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae^[2] endemic to Cuba.

Diploglossus delasagra
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Genus:	Diploglossus
Species:	D. delasagra
Binomial name
Diploglossus delasagra (Cocteau, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
Seincus [sic] (Diploglossus) de la sagra Cocteau, 1838 Diploglossus sagrei — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Celestus delasagra — Schwartz & Ogren, 1956 Diploglossus delasagra — Greer, 1967

Etymology

The specific name, delasagra, is in honor of Spanish botanist Ramón de la Sagra.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. delasagra is forest, but it is also found in orchards and plantations.^[1]

Description

Small for the genus Diploglossus, adults of D. delasagra have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 12 cm (4.7 in). A short-legged species, it is brown dorsally, dark brown to black laterally, and yellowish cream ventrally.^[2]

Reproduction

D. delasagra is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Diploglossus delasagra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T75167849A75171976. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
2. Diploglossus delasagra at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diploglossus delasagra, p. 68).

Further reading

• Cocteau [J-T], Bibron [G] (1838). "Reptiles " pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1838). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 255 pp. ("SEINCUS [sic] (DIPLOGLOSSUS) DE LA SAGRA", new species, pp. 110–114 + Plate XX). (in Latin and Spanish).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Diploglossus delasagra, p. 404).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Diploglossus delasagra, pp. 118–119).