Caribicus

Caribicus
Haitian giant galliwasp (C. warreni) juvenile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Subfamily:	Celestinae
Genus:	Caribicus Schools & Hedges, 2021
Species
C. anelpistus C. darlingtoni C. warreni

Caribicus is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Conservation

All three species are considered threatened on the IUCN Red List, and one was considered possibly extinct before a recent rediscovery.

Taxonomy

There are three species in this genus, all of which were formerly classified in the genus Celestus . ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Caribicus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) - Altagracia giant galliwasp
• Caribicus darlingtoni (Cochran, 1939) - Hispaniolan striped galliwasp
• Caribicus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) - Haitian giant galliwasp

References

1. "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
2. Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)" . Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   34186858.