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Celestus barbouri

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Species of lizard

Celestus barbouri
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species: C. barbouri
Binomial name
Celestus barbouri
Grant, 1940
Synonyms
  • Celestus barbouri
    Grant, 1940
  • Diploglossus barbouri
    — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975
  • Celestus barbouri
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

Celestus barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's galliwasp and the limestone forest galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.

Geographic range

C. barbouri is found in central and northern Jamaica.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. barbouri is forest, at altitudes of 600 m (2,000 ft) and higher.

Description

Moderate-sized for its genus, C. barbouri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 10 cm (3.9 in).

Reproduction

C. barbouri is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Wilson, B.S.; Hedges, B. (2016). "Celestus barbouri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203023A115345853. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ Celestus barbouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. 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 barbouri, p. 16).

Further reading

  • Grant C (1940). "The Herpetology of Jamaica II. The Reptiles". Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series (1): 61–148. (Celestus barbouri, new species, p. 101).
  • Schools M, Hedges SB (2021). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa 4974 (2): 201–257.
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Celestus barbouri, p. 367).
  • 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 barbouri, p. 114).


Taxon identifiers
Celestus barbouri


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