Celestus costatus

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

Familia: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species: Celestus costatus
Subspecies (11): C. c. aenetergum – C. c. chalcorhabdus – C. c. costatus – C. c. emys – C. c. leionotus – C. c. melanchrous – C. c. neiba – C. c. nesobous – C. c. oreistes – C. c. psychonothes – C. c. saonae

Name

• Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)

Holotype: MCZ 3606 (ex 1502), immature indet.

Type locality: “near Jeremie, St. Domingo”.

Combinations

• Panolopus costatus Cope, 1862: 494 [original combination]
• Diploglossus costatus — Garman, 1887: 23 [subsequent combination]
• Celestus costatus — Barbour, 1914: 306 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On the Genera Panolopus, Centropyx, Aristelliger and Sphaerodactylus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 494–500. BHL Reference page. 
• Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian Geckonidae and Anguide. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 19: 17–24. BHL
• Barbour 1914. A contribution to the zoogeography of the West Indies, with special reference to amphibians and reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 44: 205–359. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Celestus costatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 June 2018.
• Landestoy, M. & Inchaustegui, S. 2016. IUCN: Celestus costatus  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203027A115346051. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203027A2758667.en

Vernacular names

English: Common Hispaniolan Galliwasp