McCranie and Wilson described the lizard Diploglossus (= Celestus) scansorius (McCranie and Wilson, 1996) (Squamata: Diploglossidae) based on two adult females collected nearly a decade apart. The paratype, collected in 1983, initially was assigned to Celestus bivittatus, but after a second specimen (the holotype) was collected in 1993, these specimens were described as a new taxon based on ventral coloration and the number of fourth-toe and third finger lamellae (McCranie and Wilson 1996). The type series, collected from two isolated localities at 1550 and 1590 m a.s.l. in
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