Celestus legnotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Celestus legnotus (Campbell & Camarillo, 1994)

Holotype: ENEPI 3826 (now ENCB 16096), adult ♀.
Type locality: “near Tepango de Rodriguez, Puebla, Mexico. ... This locality is located at 1500 m elevation in the Sierra Madre Oriental at about 20°00′ N, 97°49′ W, and is drained by the tributaries of the Río Tecuantepec, which flows into the Río Tecolutla”.

Diploglossus legnotus Campbell & Camarillo, 1994: 195 [original combination]
Celestus legnotus — Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Campbell, J.A. & Camarillo R., J.L. 1994. A new lizard of the genus Diploglossus (Anguidae: Diploglossinae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico, with review of the Mexican and northern Central American species. Herpetologica 50(2): 193–209. JSTOR Reference page.
Savage, J.M., Lips, K.R. & Ibáñez, R. 2008. A new species of Celestus from west-central Panama, with consideration of the status of the genera of the Anguidae: Diploglossinae (Squamata). Revista de Biología Tropical 56(2): 845–859. PDF Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Celestus legnotus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 March 2018.
Lopez Luna, M.A. & Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. IUCN: Celestus legnotus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63697A12699716. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63697A12699716.en

English: Campbell's Galliwasp