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Diploglossus

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Diploglossus was named by Wiegmann (1828). It is extant. It is the type genus of Diploglossa, Diploglossinae.

It was assigned to Diploglossinae by McDowell and Bogert (1954) and Estes (1983); and to Anguidae by Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Diploglossus Wiegmann
1954Diploglossus McDowell and Bogert p. 130
1983Diploglossus Estes
1988Diploglossus Carroll
1996Diploglossus Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyDiploglossinaeBoucourt 1873
genusDiploglossusWiegmann 1828

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Diploglossus Wiegmann 1828
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Diploglossus millepunctatus O'Shaughnessy 1874 [Dotted galliwasp]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available