Celestus
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| A young giant Hispaniolan galliwasp (Celestus warreni) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Celestus Gray, 1839 |
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 costatus (Cope, 1862)
- Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican galliwasp[3]
- Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951 – Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp[4]
- 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[5]
- Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)
- Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – red-spotted galliwasp[6]
- 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[7][3] (subspecies of Celestus crusculus)
- Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)
- Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – small-eyed galliwasp
- Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940[3] – Portland coast galliwasp[8]
- Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaica 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
- Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Cope's galliwasp
- Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) – giant Hispaniolan galliwasp[9]
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.
References
- ^ "Celestus ". The Reptile Database.
- ^ "San Cristobal Galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ a b c "Celestus crusculus (Garman's Galliwasp, Jamaican Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Celestus curtissi (Curtis' Galliwasp, Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Celestus fowleri (Bromeliad Galliwasp, Fowler's Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Celestus hewardi (Heward's Galliwasp, Red-spotted Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Celestus maculatus". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Celestus molesworthi (Portland Coast Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ "Celestus warreni (Giant Hispaniolan Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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