Deiroptyx vermiculata

Nicholson, Kirsten E., Crother, Brian I., Guyer, Craig & Savage, Jay M., 2012, 3477, Zootaxa 3477, pp. 1-108 : 26

Deiroptyx vermiculata Species Group

Diagnosis. — Support for this group is provided by 62 apomorphies including nine morphological and 54 molecular ones. There is one unequivocal morphological apomorphy: jugal and squamosal in contact (68: 1 to z). There are 30 unequivocal molecular apomorphies (see Appendix II).

Definition. — The two species placed in this species group are moderate-sized to large dactyloids (adult males to 76 or 123 mm in snout-to-vent length and adult females to 62 or 83 mm) with very long legs (about 33% of snout-to-vent length) and a long tail (length more than 2 times snout-to-vent length) that share the following features: 1) no rugose cephalic casque; 2) dewlap absent in both sexes; 3) splenial large ( D. vermiculata ) or absent ( D. bartschi ); 4) dorsal scales small and round, keeled ( D. vermiculata ) or smooth ( D. bartschi ); 5) ventral scales small round, and smooth, same size as dorsals; 6) Type I karyotype: 2N = 34–36 (22–24M, 24m), N.F. = 46–48; no sexual heteromorphism.

Content. — Two species are referred to this species group (see Appendix III).

Distribution. — Cuba ( Fig. 13).