Wetmorena is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, occurring in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Wetmorena Cochran, 1927 |
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Taxonomy
editThere are two species, both of which were formerly classified in the genus Celestus until the genus Wetmorena was revived for them in 2021.[1][2]
Conservation
editBoth species in the genus are endangered.
Etymology
editThe genus was named after American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore.
Species
edit- Wetmorena agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971) – serpentine four-toed galliwasp
- Wetmorena haetiana Cochran, 1927 – Hispaniolan earless galliwasp or earless galliwasp
References
edit- ^ "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (20 May 2021). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34186858. S2CID 235687219.