Celestus
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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. They are commonly known as galliwasps although the origin of this name is unclear. 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> A more recent study found that several ecomorphs exist on Jamaica including a swamp ecomorph, a tree ecomorph, and a ground ecomorph.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Species
- Celestus barbouri Template:Small – limestone forest galliwasp
- Celestus crusculus Template:Small – Jamaican forest galliwasp
- Celestus duquesneyi Template:Small – blue-tailed forest galliwasp
- Celestus fowleri Template:Small – bromeliad forest galliwasp
- Celestus hewardi Template:Small – red-spotted forest galliwasp
- Celestus macrolepis Template:Small – large-scaled forest galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – La Selle forest galliwasp
- Celestus microblepharis Template:Small – small-eyed forest galliwasp
- Celestus molesworthi Template:Small – Portland Coast forest galliwasp
- Celestus occiduus Template:Small – Jamaican giant galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Celestus striatus Template:Small – golden forest galliwasp (possibly extinct)
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.
References
Further reading
- Gry JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [First Series ] 2: 287–293. (Celestus, new genus, p. 288).