Celestus fowleri

Celestus fowleri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
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.

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. 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. 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).

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).
• Wilson BS (2011). "Conservation of Jamaican amphibians and reptiles". pp. 273–310. In: Hailey A, Wilson BS, Horrocks JA (editors) (2011). Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. 440 pp. ISBN   978-90-04-19408-3.