Comptus

Comptus
Cope's galliwasp (C. stenurus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Subfamily:	Celestinae
Genus:	Comptus Schools & Hedges, 2021
Species
C. badius C. maculatus C. stenurus

Comptus is a genus of diploglossid lizards native to the West Indies.

Taxonomy

All three species were previously classified in the genus Celestus . ^{[1] [2]}

Species

There are three species in the genus, all of which are widely geographically separated from each other on different islands:

• Comptus badius (Cope, 1868) – Navassa galliwasp
• Comptus maculatus (Garman, 1888) – Cayman galliwasp
• Comptus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp or Cope's 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.