Celestus fowleri

Celestus fowleri is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2][3]

Celestus fowleri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Genus:	Celestus
Species:	C. fowleri
Binomial name
Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)
Synonyms
Diploglossus fowleri Schwartz, 1971 Celestus fowleri — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991[2]

Etymology

The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Danny C. Fowler.[4]

Geographic range

C. fowleri is found only in Jamaica.

References

1. Wilson BS, Hedges B, Gibson R, Koenig S (2016). "Celestus fowleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4095A115067535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4095A71739448.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
2. "Celestus fowleri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Celestus fowleri, p. 93).

Further reading

• Schwartz A (1971). "A new species of bromeliad-inhabiting galliwasp (Sauria: Anguidae) from Jamaica". Breviora (371): 1-10. (Diploglossus fowleri, new species).
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 714 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Celestus fowleri, new combination).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Diploglossus fowleri, p. 119).