Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Sauresia Biodiversity of the family Anguidae Genus Sauresia Long-headed Four-toed Forest Lizard Langkopf-Vierzehen-Ringelschleiche Langhovedet Firtået Ringøgle 1852 Sauresia Gray (type species: Sauresia sepsoides Gray 1852; syn. Powell & Henderson 1996) 1863 Embryopus Weinland (type species: Embryopus habichii Weinland 1863; syn. Schools & Hedges 2021) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Celestus (e.g., Powell, Henderson, Adler & Dundee 1996). Revalidated by Wiens & Slingluff (2001), supported by Schools & Hedges (2021). Distribution: As for the single species. Sauresia sepsoides Long-headed Four-toed Forest Lizard, Common Four-toed Forest Lizard, Hispaniolan Four-toed Galliwasp Hispaniolische Vierzehen-Ringelschleiche Hispaniolansk Firtået Ringøgle 1852 Sauresia sepsoides Gray Diploglossus sepsoides Underwood 1959 Celestus sepsoides Hedges 1996 1863 Embryopus habichii Weinland 1863 (Cochran 1941) 1885 Sauresia sepoides Boulenger [substitute name for Sauresia sepsoides Gray 1852] (Wermuth 1969) Distribution: Dominican Republic, Haiti (incl. Grande Cayemite, Ile de la Gonâve).