Celestus hesperius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

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

Familia: Diploglossidae
Subfamilia: Celestinae
Genus: Celestus
Species: Celestus hesperius

Name

Celestus hesperius Schools & Hedges, 2024: 59

• Holotype: USNM 328154, adult ♀, collected by S. Blair Hedges and David Powars on 8 January 1984.
• Type locality: “3.2 km SE of Content, Hanover Parish, Jamaica, ... (18.351, -77.991, 201 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Schools, M. & Hedges, S.B. 2024. A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa 5554(1): 2–1. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5554.1.306 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Western Jamaican Forest Lizard