Panolopus marcanoi
species of reptile
Panolopus marcanoi, commonly known as Marcano's galliwasp or the Pico Duarte galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.
Taxonomic history
The type series of Panolopus marcanoi was collected by Dominican herpetologist Sixto J. Incháustegui, who collected a series of 18 specimens in 1971 during an ascent to Pico Duarte. In 1976 it was described as Diploglossus marcanoi, a species new to science, by Albert Schwartz and Incháustegui in the Journal of Herpetology, published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR).
The type locality is "Valle de Bao, 1800 m, Cordillera Central (road to Pico Duarte), Santiago Province, República Dominicana".
In 1991 it was classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved to Panolopus in 2021.
Etymology
The specific epithet, marcanoi, is in honor of the Dominican botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, speleologist and researcher Eugenio de Jesús Marcano Fondeur.
Morphology
Panolopus marcanoi is a small species of Panolopus, with a maximum snout-to-vent length of 78 mm (3.1 in), relatively long limbs, and smooth (without keels) dorsal scales.
The dorsal ground color is pale-brown to dark-brown, with scattered, longitudinally aligned darker dots or dashes. These can be oriented as chevrons or chevron fragments, which can form longitudinal lines on the anterior portion of the dorsum.
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