Celestus fowleri
Celestus fowleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Sauria |
Infraorder: | Diploglossa |
Family: | Diploglossidae |
Genus: | Celestus |
Species: | C. fowleri |
Binomial name | |
Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971) | |
Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ Gibson R. (1996). "Celestus fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- 1 2 "Celestus fowleri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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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