Celestus

Celestus occiduus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Subfamilia: Celestinae
Genus: Celestus
Species (14): C. barbouri – C. capitulatus – C. crusculus – C. duquesneyi – C. hesperius – C. hewardi – C. jamesbondi – C. macrolepis – C. macrotus – C. microblepharis – C. molesworthi – C. occiduus – C. oligolepis – C. striatus

Name

Celestus Gray, 1845: 117

• Type species: Celestus striatus Gray, 1845, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Macrogongylus Werner, 1901: 298
  • Type species: Macrogongylus brauni Werner, 1901, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Werner, F. 1901. Neue Reptilien des Königsberger Zoologischen Museums. Zoologischer Anzeiger 24: 297–301. BHL

Additional references

• Schools, M. & Hedges, S.B. 2021. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Zootaxa 4974(2): 201–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1 Reference page. 
• Schools, M. & Hedges, S.B. 2024. A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa 5554(1): 1–306. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5554.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Celestus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 December 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Jamaican Forest Lizards

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