Celestus duquesneyi

Celestus duquesneyi, commonly known as Duquesney's galliwasp[1] or the blue-tailed galliwasp,[2] is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.

Celestus duquesneyi

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Celestus
Species:
C. duquesneyi
Binomial name
Celestus duquesneyi
Grant, 1940

Etymology

The specific name, duquesneyi, is in honor of Douglas DuQuesnay.[3]

Geographic range

Celestus duquesneyi is found in Jamaica.[2][4]

Behavior

C. duquesneyi is terrestrial.[1]

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References

  1. Wilson BS, Hedges B, Gibson R (2017). "Celestus duquesneyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T4094A71739426. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/4094/0 Downloaded on 20 September 2017.
  2. "Celestus duquesneyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 duquesneyi, p. 78).
  4. "Celestus duquesneyi ". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 4 January 2013.

Further reading

  • Grant C (1940). "Notes on the reptiles and amphibians of Jamaica, with diagnoses of new species and subspecies". Jamaica Today. 151–157. (Celestus duquesneyi, new species, p. 157).
  • 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. (Celestus duquesneyi, p. 119).


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