Biology:Celestus duquesneyi
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Genus: | Celestus |
| Species: | C. duquesneyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940
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Celestus duquesneyi, commonly known as Duquesney's galliwasp[1] or the blue-tailed galliwasp,[2] is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.
Etymology
The specific name, duquesneyi, is in honor of Douglas DuQuesnay.[3]
Geographic range
Celestus duquesneyi is found in Jamaica.[2][4]
Behavior
C. duquesneyi is terrestrial.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilson, B.S., Hedges, B. & Gibson, R. 2017. Celestus duquesneyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T4094A71739426. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4094A71739426.en. Downloaded on 27 April 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Celestus duquesneyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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 duquesneyi, p. 78).
- ↑ "Celestus duquesneyi ". Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/1056955/details. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
Further reading
- Grant C (1940). "Notes on the reptiles and amphibians of Jamaica, with diagnoses of new species and subspecies". Jamaica Today. 151–157. (Celestus duquesneyi, new species, p. 157).
- 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. (Celestus duquesneyi, p. 119).
Wikidata ☰ Q2706521 entry
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