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. Formerly, this genus had more than 31 species, but a 2021 phylogenetic study found this classification to be paraphyletic and split those species into their own genera.[1][2]
| Celestus | |
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| Jamaican giant galliwasp (C. occiduus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Celestus Gray, 1839 |
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Species
- Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940 – limestone forest galliwasp
- Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican galliwasp, Garman's galliwasp
- Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940 – Duquesney's galliwasp, blue-tailed galliwasp
- Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) – bromeliad galliwasp, Fowler's galliwasp
- Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – Heward's galliwasp
- Celestus macrolepis Gray, 1845 (possibly extinct)
- Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – La Selle galliwasp, Thomas' galliwasp
- Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – small-eyed galliwasp, tiny eyelid galliwasp
- Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940
- Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaican giant galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Celestus striatus Gray, 1839 (possibly extinct)
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.
References
- "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "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.
- "San Cristobal Galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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