Biology:Galliwasp

Short description: Group of lizards

The galliwasps are a group of anguid lizards from the genera Celestus and Diploglossus containing the following living species, and one extinct species.

Species

Celestus

• Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008
• Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971)
• Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979)
• Celestus badius Cope, 1868
• Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940
• Celestus bivittatus (Boulenger, 1895)
• Celestus carraui (Incháustegui, 1985)
• Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)
• Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887)
• Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951
• Celestus cyanochloris Cope, 1894
• Celestus darlingtoni Cochran, 1939
• Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940
• Celestus enneagrammus (Cope, 1860)
• Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)
• Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)
• Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845
• Celestus hylaius Savage & Lips, 1993
• Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989
• Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)
• Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959)
• Celestus montanus (K.P. Schmidt, 1933)
• Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) - (extinct)
• Celestus orobius Savage & Lips, 1993
• Celestus rozellae (H.M. Smith, 1942)
• Celestus scansorius McCranie & Wilson, 1996
• Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852)
• Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862)
• Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.

Diploglossus

• Diploglossus atitlanensis (H.M. Smith, 1950)
• Diploglossus bilobatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – O'Shaughnessy's galliwasp
• Diploglossus delasagra (Cocteau, 1838) – Cuban galliwasp
• Diploglossus fasciatus (Gray, 1831) – banded galliwasp
• Diploglossus garridoi Thomas & Hedges, 1998
• Diploglossus ingridae Werler & Campbell, 2004
• Diploglossus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994 – Campbell's galliwasp
• Diploglossus lessonae Peracca, 1890 – Brazil galliwasp
• Diploglossus microcephalus (Hallowell, 1856) – smallhead galliwasp
• Diploglossus microlepis (Gray, 1831) – small-lipped galliwasp
• Diploglossus millepunctatus O'Shaughnessy, 1874 – dotted galliwasp
• Diploglossus monotropis (Kuhl, 1820) – Costa Rican rainbow stripe galliwasp
• Diploglossus montisilvestris Myers, 1973
• Diploglossus montisserrati Underwood, 1964 – Montserrat galliwasp
• Diploglossus nigropunctatus Barbour & Shreve, 1937 – punctuate galliwasp
• Diploglossus owenii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Owen's galliwasp
• Diploglossus pleii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Puerto Rican galliwasp

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploglossus.

External links

• "Celestus". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Celestus&submit=Search
• "Diploglossus". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Diploglossus&submit=Search