Celestus fowleri

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Celestus fowleri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species:
C. fowleri
Binomial name
Celestus fowleri
(Schwartz, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Diploglossus fowleri
    Schwartz, 1971
  • Celestus fowleri
    — Schwartz & , 1991[2]

Celestus fowleri is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2][3]

Etymology[]

The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of American herpetologist .[4]

Geographic range[]

C. fowleri is found only in Jamaica.

References[]

  1. ^ Wilson BS, Hedges B, Gibson R, Koenig S (2016). "Celestus fowleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4095A115067535.
  2. ^ a b "Celestus fowleri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Celestus fowleri, p. 93).

Further reading[]

  • Schwartz A (1971). "A new species of bromeliad-inhabiting galliwasp (Sauria: Anguidae) from Jamaica". Breviora (371): 1–10. (Diploglossus fowleri, new species).
  • Schwartz A, (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 714 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Celestus fowleri, new combination).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Diploglossus fowleri, p. 119).


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