Celestus

Celestus is a genus of anguid lizards containing about 30 living species and one extinct species.[1] Lizards from the genera Celestus and Diploglossus share the common name of galliwasps.

Celestus
A young giant Hispaniolan galliwasp (Celestus warreni)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Diploglossinae
Genus: Celestus
Gray, 1839

Species
  • Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008
  • Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971)
  • Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) – San Cristobal galliwasp[2]
  • Celestus badius Cope, 1868
  • Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940
  • Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)
  • Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican galliwasp[3]
  • Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951 – Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp[4]
  • Celestus cyanochloris Cope, 1894
  • Celestus darlingtoni Cochran, 1939
  • Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940 – blue-tailed galliwasp
  • Celestus enneagrammus (Cope, 1860)
  • Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) – bromeliad galliwasp[5]
  • Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)
  • Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – red-spotted galliwasp[6]
  • Celestus hylaius Savage & Lips, 1993
  • Celestus ingridae Werler & Campbell, 2004
  • Celestus laf Lotzkat, Hertz & Köhler, 2016
  • Celestus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994
  • Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – Thomas' galliwasp
  • Celestus maculatus Garman, 1888[7][3] (subspecies of Celestus crusculus)
  • Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)
  • Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – small-eyed galliwasp
  • Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940[3] – Portland coast galliwasp[8]
  • Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaica giant galliwasp †
  • Celestus orobius Savage & Lips, 1993
  • Celestus rozellae (H.M. Smith, 1942) – Rozella's lesser galliwasp
  • Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852) – Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp
  • Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Cope's galliwasp
  • Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) – giant Hispaniolan galliwasp[9]

Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.

References
  1. Genus Celestus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "San Cristobal Galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. "Celestus crusculus (Garman's Galliwasp, Jamaican Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  4. "Celestus curtissi (Curtis' Galliwasp, Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  5. "Celestus fowleri (Bromeliad Galliwasp, Fowler's Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  6. "Celestus hewardi (Heward's Galliwasp, Red-spotted Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. "Celestus maculatus". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  8. "Celestus molesworthi (Portland Coast Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  9. "Celestus warreni (Giant Hispaniolan Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.



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