Sauresia

Sauresia sepsoides, the Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp or common four-toed galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family^[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is the only member of the genus Sauresia.

Sauresia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Subfamily:	Celestinae
Genus:	Sauresia Gray, 1852
Species:	S. sepsoides
Binomial name
Sauresia sepsoides Gray, 1852
Synonyms
Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852) Embryopus habichii (Weinland, 1863)

Taxonomy

It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved back to Sauresia in 2021.^[3]