''Panolopus'' is a genus of diploglossid

lizards Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the island of

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in the

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, in both the

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and

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Taxonomy

There are three species in this genus, all of which were formerly classified in the genus ''

Celestus ''Celestus'' is a genus of diploglossid lizards mostly endemic to Jamaica (aside from a single species endemic to Haiti) and containing about 11 species, though three of these may be extinct. They are commonly known as galliwasps although the o ...

'' until the genus ''Panolopus'' was revived for them in 2021.

Species

* '' Panolopus costatus'' – Hispaniolan smooth galliwasp or common Hispaniolan galliwasp * '' Panolopus curtissi'' – Curtiss' galliwasp or Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp * '' Panolopus marcanoi'' – Marcano's galliwasp or Pico Duarte galliwasp

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q113540490 Panolopus Lizard genera Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Lizards of the Caribbean