Celestus

Celestus
Celestus occiduus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Anguidae
Subfamily:Diploglossinae
Genus:Celestus
Gray, 1839
Species

About 30, see text.

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.

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 bivittatus (Boulenger, 1895)
  • Celestus carraui (Incháustegui, 1985) (synonymous[3] with Celestus warreni )
  • Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)
  • Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican galliwasp[4]
  • Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951 – Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp[5]
  • 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[6]
  • Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)
  • Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – red-spotted galliwasp[7]
  • 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[8][4] (subspecies of Celestus crusculus)
  • Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)
  • Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – small-eyed galliwasp
  • Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940[4] – Portland coast galliwasp[9]
  • Celestus montanus (K.P. Schmidt, 1933) – mountain lesser galliwasp
  • Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaica giant galliwasp (extinct)
  • Celestus orobius Savage & Lips, 1993
  • Celestus rozellae (H.M. Smith, 1942) – Rozella's lesser galliwasp
  • Celestus scansorius McCranie & Wilson, 1996
  • Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852) – Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp
  • Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Cope's galliwasp
  • Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) – giant Hispaniolan galliwasp

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

References

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


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