Celestus
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. 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]
| Celestus | |
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| Jamaican giant galliwasp (C. occiduus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Celestus Gray, 1839 |
| Species | |
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Species
- Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940 – Limestone Forest Lizard
- Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican Forest Lizard
- Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940 – Blue-tailed Forest Lizard
- Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) – Bromeliad Forest Lizard
- Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – Red-spotted Forest Lizard
- Celestus macrolepis Gray, 1845 (possibly extinct) Large-scaled Forest Lizard
- Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – La Selle Forest Lizard
- Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – Small-eyed Forest Lizard
- Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940 Portland Coast Forest Lizard
- Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaican Giant Forest Lizard (possibly extinct)
- Celestus striatus Gray, 1839 (possibly extinct) Golden Forest Lizard
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.
References
- "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Schools, Molly; Kasprowicz, Adrienne; Blair Hedges, S. (2022-10-01). "Phylogenomic data resolve the historical biogeography and ecomorphs of Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 175: 107577. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107577. ISSN 1055-7903.
- "San Cristobal Galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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