Celestus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species (28): C. adercus – C. agasepsoides – C. anelpistus – C. badius – C. barbouri – C. costatus – C. crusculus – C. curtissi – C. cyanochloris – C. darlingtoni – C. duquesneyi – C. enneagrammus – C. fowleri – C. haetianus – C. hewardi – C. hylaius – C. ingridae – C. laf – C. legnotus – C. macrotus – C. marcanoi – C. microblepharis – C. occiduus – C. orobius – C. rozellae – C. sepsoides – C. stenurus – C. warreni

Name

Celestus Gray, 1845: 117

Type species: Celestus striatus Gray, 1845, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Siderolamprus Cope, 1861: 368
Type species: Siderolamprus enneagrammus Cope, 1861, by monotypy.

Panolopus Cope, 1862: 494
Type species: Panolopus costatus Cope, 1862, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Cope, E.D. [1860] 1861. Descriptions of reptiles from tropical America and Asia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 368–374. BHL Reference page.
Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 524. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Savage, J.M., Lips, K.R. & Ibáñez, R. 2008. A new species of Celestus from west-central Panama, with consideration of the status of the genera of the Anguidae: Diploglossinae (Squamata). Revista de Biología Tropical 56(2): 845–859. PDF Reference page.
Lotzkat, S., Hertz, A. & Köhler, G. 2016. A new species of Celestus (Squamata: Anguidae) from western Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 962–975. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Celestus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 May 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Galliwasps

Celestus is a genus of anguid lizards native to the West Indies containing about 31 living species.[1] Lizards from the genera Celestus and Diploglossus share the common name of galliwasps.
Species

Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008
Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971)
Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) – San Cristobal galliwasp[2]
Celestus badius Cope, 1868
Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940
Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)
Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887) – Jamaican galliwasp[3]
Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951 – Hispaniolan khaki galliwasp[4]
Celestus cyanochloris Cope, 1894
Celestus darlingtoni Cochran, 1939
Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940 – blue-tailed galliwasp
Celestus enneagrammus (Cope, 1860)
Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) – bromeliad galliwasp[5]
Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)
Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845 – red-spotted galliwasp[6]
Celestus hylaius Savage & Lips, 1993
Celestus ingridae Werler & Campbell, 2004
Celestus laf Lotzkat, Hertz & Köhler, 2016
Celestus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994
Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989 – Thomas' galliwasp
Celestus maculatus Garman, 1888[7][3] (subspecies of Celestus crusculus)
Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)
Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959) – small-eyed galliwasp
Celestus molesworthi Grant, 1940[3] – Portland coast galliwasp[8]
Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) – Jamaica giant galliwasp
Celestus orobius Savage & Lips, 1993
Celestus rozellae (H.M. Smith, 1942) – Rozella's lesser galliwasp
Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852) – Hispaniolan four-toed galliwasp
Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Cope's galliwasp
Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) – giant Hispaniolan galliwasp[9]

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

Genus Celestus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
"San Cristobal Galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus crusculus (Garman's Galliwasp, Jamaican Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus curtissi (Curtis' Galliwasp, Hispaniolan Khaki Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus fowleri (Bromeliad Galliwasp, Fowler's Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus hewardi (Heward's Galliwasp, Red-spotted Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus molesworthi (Portland Coast Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
"Celestus warreni (Giant Hispaniolan Galliwasp)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-06-29.