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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Anguidae
Bibliography of the genus Caribicus
Biodiversity of the family Anguidae








Genus
Caribicus

Northern Hispaniola Forest Lizards

Nordhispaniolische Ringelschleichen

Nordhispaniolanske Ringøgler

2021 Caribicus Schools & Hedges (type species: Celestus darlingtoni Cochran 1939)
Contents: 3 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The species of this genus were previously assigned to Celestus.
Distribution: Dominican Republic, Haiti.

Caribicus anelpistus

Altagracia Giant Forest Lizard, Altagracia Giant Galliwasp

Altagracia-Ringelschleiche

Altagracia-ringøgle

1979 Diploglossus anelpistus Schwartz, Graham & Duval
Celestus anelpistus Savage & Lips 1994
Celestus warreni anelpistus Hallermann & Böhme 2002
Caribicus anelpistus Schools & Hedges 2021

Remarks: Possibly extinct (Powell & Henderson [eds.] 2012). The continued survival of this species is in need of confirmation (Landestoy, Inchaustegui & Hedges 2017). Regarded as a subspecies of warreni by Hallermann & Böhme (2002), but Powell & Henderson (2003) retained anelpistus as a separate species.
Distribution: Dominican Republic.


Caribicus darlingtoni

Hispaniolan Striped Forest Lizard, Hispaniolan Striped Galliwasp

Hispaniolische Streifen-Ringelschleiche

Hispaniolansk Stribet Ringøgle

1939 Celestus darlingtoni Cochran
Diploglossus darlingtoni Wermuth 1969
Caribicus darlingtoni Schools & Hedges 2021

Distribution: Dominican Republic.


Caribicus warreni

Hispaniolan Giant Forest Lizard, Hispaniolan Giant Galliwasp, Haitian Giant Galliwasp

Hispaniolische Riesen-Ringelschleiche

Hispaniolansk Kæmperingøgle

1970 Diploglossus warreni Schwartz
Celestus warreni Savage & Lips 1994
Caribicus warreni Schools & Hedges 2021
1985 Diploglossus carraui Inchaustegui, Schwartz & Henderson (Hallermann & Böhme 2002; Powell & Henderson 2003)
Celestus carraui Savage & Lips 1994
Celestus warreni carraui Hallermann & Böhme 2002

Remarks: Previously included anelpistus. Hallermann & Böhme (2002) regarded carraui as a subspecies of warreni, Powell & Henderson (2003) as a synonym.
Distribution: Dominican Republic, Haiti.


Caribicus warreni
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