Celestus

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Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Anguimorpha Subfamily Diploglossinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Subphylum Vertebrata Family Anguidae Scientific name Celestus Higher classification Anguidae Order Scaled reptiles

Lower classifications Celestus warreni, Jamaica giant galliwasp, Celestus anelpistus, Celestus duquesneyi, Celestus fowleri

Celestus is a genus of anguid lizards containing 28 living species, and one extinct species.

Species

Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008

Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971)

Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979)

Celestus badius Cope, 1868

Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940

Celestus bivittatus (Boulenger, 1895)

Celestus carraui (Incháustegui, 1985)

Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)

Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887)

Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951

Celestus cyanochloris Cope, 1894

Celestus darlingtoni Cochran, 1939

Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940

Celestus enneagrammus (Cope, 1860)

Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)

Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)

Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845

Celestus hylaius Savage & Lips, 1993

Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989

Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)

Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959)

Celestus montanus (K.P. Schmidt, 1933)

Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) - (extinct)

Celestus orobius Savage & Lips, 1993

Celestus rozellae (H.M. Smith, 1942)

Celestus scansorius McCranie & Wilson, 1996

Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852)

Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862)

Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.

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