Celestus fowleri

Celestus fowleri
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
  • Diploglossus fowleri
    Schwartz, 1971
  • Celestus fowleri
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991[2]

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

  1. Gibson R. (1996). "Celestus fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Celestus fowleri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
  4. 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


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