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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: Celestus fowleri
Name

Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)

References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Celestus fowleri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 July 2020.
Wilson, B.S., Hedges, B., Gibson, R. & Koenig, S. 2016. IUCN: Celestus fowleri (Vulnerable) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4095A115067535. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4095A71739448.en

Vernacular names
English: Bromeliad Galliwasp

Celestus fowleri is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Danny C. Fowler.[4]
Geographic range

C. fowleri is found only in Jamaica.
References

Wilson BS, Hedges B, Gibson R, Koenig S (2016). "Celestus fowleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4095A115067535.
"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).

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