Celestus
Celestus is a genus of anguid lizards native to the West Indies containing about 31 living species. Lizards from the genera Celestus and Diploglossus share the common name of galliwasps.
| Celestus | |
|---|---|
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| A young giant Hispaniolan galliwasp (Celestus warreni) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Genus: | Celestus Gray, 1839 |
Species
- Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008
- Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971) – serpentine four-toed galliwasp
- Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) – Altagracia giant galliwasp
- Celestus badius Cope, 1868 – Navassa galliwasp
- Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940 – limestone forest galliwasp
- Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan smooth galliwasp, common Hispaniolan galliwasp
- Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican galliwasp, Garman's galliwasp
- Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951 – Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp, Curtis's galliwasp
- Celestus cyanochloris Cope, 1894
- Celestus darlingtoni Cochran, 1939 – Hispaniolan striped galliwasp, Darlington's galliwasp
- Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940 – Duquesney's galliwasp, blue-tailed galliwasp
- Celestus enneagrammus (Cope, 1860) – Huaxteca lesser galliwasp
- Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) – bromeliad galliwasp, Fowler's galliwasp
- Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927) – Hispaniolan earless galliwasp, earless galliwasp
- Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – Heward's galliwasp
- Celestus hylaius Savage & Lips, 1993
- Celestus ingridae Werler & Campbell, 2004 – Ingrid’s galliwasp
- Celestus laf Lotzkat, Hertz & Köhler, 2016
- Celestus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994 – Campbell's galliwasp
- Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – La Selle galliwasp, Thomas's galliwasp
- Celestus maculatus Garman, 1888
- Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976) – Marcano's galliwasp, Pico Duarte galliwasp
- Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – small-eyed galliwasp, tiny eyelid galliwasp
- Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaican 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, common four-toed galliwasp
- Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp, Cope's galliwasp
- Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) – Hispaniolan giant galliwasp, Haitian giant galliwasp
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.
References
- "San Cristobal Galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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