Celestus fowleri

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Celestus fowleri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species:
C. fowleri
Binomial name
Celestus fowleri
(Schwartz, 1971)
Synonyms [2]
  • Diploglossus fowleriSchwartz, 1971
  • Celestus fowleriSchwartz & Henderson, 1991

Celestus fowleri, also known commonly as the bromeliad galliwasp and Fowler's galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. [2] [3] The species is endemic to Jamaica.

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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 northwestern Jamaica, in Trelawny Parish. [1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. fowleri is forest, at an altitude of 160 m (520 ft). [1]

Behavior

C. fowleri shelters in bromeliads at up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) above the forest floor. [1]

Reproduction

C. fowleri is ovoviviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Wilson, B.S.; Hedges, B.; Gibson, R.; Koenig, S. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Celestus fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T4095A115067535. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4095A71739448.en .
  2. 1 2 3 Species Celestus fowleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
  4. 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).

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