Celestus fowleri

Celestus fowleri
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]

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

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 ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T4095A115067535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4095A71739448.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. 1 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).


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