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Celestus
Sign in to saveCelestus 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. A more recent study found that several ecomorphs exist on Jamaica including a swamp ecomorph, a tree ecomorph, and a ground ecomorph.
Species
O'Shaughnessy's Galliwasp
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyDiploglossidae
Observations65
Observations recorded8,131
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 146
- Family
- Diploglossidae
- Collections
- TCWC
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Celestus occiduus museum specimen.jpeg
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- Celestus
- taxon name
- Celestus
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- Category:Celestus
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