Celestus fowleri
Celestus fowleri, the bromeliad galliwasp or Fowler's galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Genus: | Celestus |
| Species: | C. fowleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) | |
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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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