Biology:Celestus fowleri
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Short description: Species of lizard
Celestus fowleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Diploglossidae |
Genus: | Celestus |
Species: | C. fowleri
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Binomial name | |
Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)
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Celestus fowleri is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Danny C. Fowler.[3]
Geographic range
C. fowleri is found only in Jamaica.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Celestus fowleri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
- ↑ 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, Henderson RW (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).
Wikidata ☰ Q2706534 entry