Celestus
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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. They are commonly known as galliwasps although the origin of this name is unclear. 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] A more recent study found that several ecomorphs exist on Jamaica including a swamp ecomorph, a tree ecomorph, and a ground ecomorph.[3]
Species
- Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – limestone forest galliwasp
- Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jamaican forest galliwasp
- Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – blue-tailed forest galliwasp
- Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – bromeliad forest galliwasp
- Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – red-spotted forest galliwasp
- Celestus macrolepis Gray, 1845Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – large-scaled forest galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – La Selle forest galliwasp
- Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – small-eyed forest galliwasp
- Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Portland Coast forest galliwasp
- Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jamaican giant galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Celestus striatus Gray, 1839Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – golden forest galliwasp (possibly extinct)
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.
References
Further reading
- Gry JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [First Series ] 2: 287–293. (Celestus, new genus, p. 288).
External links
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