Panolopus: Earless- and Four-Toed Galliwasps

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P. costatus, Hispaniolan Smooth Galliwasp, Common Hispaniolan Galliwasp

P. curtissi, Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp, Curtiss' Galliwasp

P. marcanoi, Pico Duarte Galliwasp, Marcano's Galliwasp

Scientific Name

Common Name

Distribution

Size

Notes

Panolopus

P. costatus

Hispaniolan Smooth Galliwasp, Common Hispaniolan Galliwasp

Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)

SVL approx 9.5 cm

Description: form elongate; body fusiform, tetragonal. Anterior extremity consisting of brachium and antebrachium, as long as the commissure of the mouth; it is terminated on its inner face by a tubercle. Posterior extremity as long as the distance from the rictus to the axilla, consisting of femur, tibia, and tarsus; sole tuberculous, with two callosities, that on its external border much the larger; a tubercle-like spur on its inner. Auricular opening present, small. A large nine-sided prefrontal between the frontal and the rostral; posterior border of latter shield chevron-shaped; parietals small, longer than broad, separated from the frontal by the frontoparietals; seven upper labials. Scales in forty-four longitudinal rows, the dorsals striated. Tail very elongate. Coloration: above light brown, with numerous small dark brown spots on the dorsal region; sides dark brown, darker anteriorly, where a bandlike arrangement is assumed as far as the orbit; from the ear-opening posteriorly, this is crossed by numerous blackish-brown vertical bars, with irregular light posterior borders; chin whitish, abdomen yellowish. [SOURCE: Boulenger]

P. c. costatus

Haiti (Tiburon Peninsula)

P. c. aenetergum

Dominican Republic (Isla Catalanita)

P. c. chalcorhabdus

E Dominican Republic

Coloration: metallic pale brown dorsum; ventrally dull orange or dull yellow-orange. Dorsal herringbone pattern typical of nominate species is very reduced. [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. c. emys

Haiti (Île de la Tortue)

Max SVL 12 cm (m), approx 11 cm (f)

Description: 83-106 ventrals between mental and vent and 37-40 (mean 38.9) scales around midbody. Usually the angular subocular lies between supralabials 6 and 7. The fourth toe lamellae vary from 15-20. The number of scales (including lateral half-scales) in the dorsal band at midbody is 13-14. Coloration: non-metallic reddish brown to tan dorsum, without dorsal pattern except occasionally with some gray streaking on the neck (but without clearly defined nuchal lines), immaculate dorsum (occasionally with scattered vague greyish dots, throat immaculate to flecked or streaked (usually) with dark grey to brown. [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. c. leionotus

Dominican Republic

Coloration: greatly reduced dorsal pattern; bronzey coloration: immaculate throat. [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P.c. melanochrous

Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)

SVL approx. 11.5 cm (f), 12.5 cm (m)

Description: angular subocular usually between supralabials 6 and 7 or lower. Coloration: dorsal pattern usually of widely spaced herringbones, unpatterned or barely clouded throat. [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. c. neiba

Dominican Republic

Coloration: dark throat [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. c. nesobous

Haiti (Île-à-Vache)

P. c. oreistes

Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)

Coloration: dark throat [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. c. psychonothes

Dominican Republic

Coloration: dark throat [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. c. saonae

Dominican Republic (Isla Saona)

Description: 83-89 ventral scales between mental and vent; 35-37 scales around midbody. Angular subocular lies between supralabials 6 and 7 (occasionally between 5 and 6); 13-14 scales in dorsal band at midbody. 4^th toe lamellae 16-17. Coloration: non-metallic brown dorsum, without dorsal pattern or (at best) a few scattered gray and isolated dorsal flecks, nuchal lines absent, throat and lateral portions of venter lineate along the sutures of the gular and ventral scales. [SOURCE: Schwartz]

P. curtissi

Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp, Curtiss' Galliwasp

Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti, inc. offshore islands)

P. c. curtissi

Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti, inc. Île de la Gonâve)

P. c. aporus

Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)

P. c. diastatus

Haiti, inc. Île de la Tortue

P. c. hylonomus

Dominican Republic

P. marcanoi

Pico Duarte Galliwasp, Marcano's Galliwasp

Dominican Republic

Approx 7-8 cm SVL

Description: relatively small size (males larger than females); 84-100 ventral scales between mental and vent; 37-42 of scales around body at midbody; head relatively narrow at all ages. Coloration: dorsum tan to brownish with scattered longitudinally aligned dots or dashes, somewhat oriented as semichevrons or chevron fragments, at times lineate, especially on the neck; a prominent dark face mask which extends along the neck as a dark band but disappears behind the insertion of the forelimbs; and venter grey and unmarked except for occasional dark and diffuse blotches on the throat and chest. [SOURCE: Schwartz and Inchaustegui]