Celestus microblepharis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Subfamilia: Celestinae
Genus: Celestus
Species: Celestus microblepharis

Name

Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959)

• Holotype: MCZ 55764, collected by R.P. Bengry and G.R. Proctor on 3 May 1952.
• Type locality: “Boscobel, St. Mary, Jamaica, West Indies, 18°24′N, 76°58′W”.

Combinations

• Diploglossus microblepharis Underwood, 1959: 2 [original combination]
• Celestus microblepharis — Strahm & Schwartz, 1977: 70 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Jamaica

References

Primary references

• Underwood, G. 1959. A new Jamaican galliwasp (Sauria, Anguidae). Breviora 102: 1–13. BHL
• Strahm, M.H. & Schwartz, A. 1977. Osteoderms in the Anguid Lizard Subfamily Diploglossinae and Their Taxonomic Importance. Biotropica 9(1): 58–72. DOI: 10.2307/2387862 Reference page. 

Links

• Wilson, B.S., Hedges, B. & Gibson, R. 2016. IUCN: Celestus microblepharis  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4096A115067750. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4096A71739470.en. Accessed on 02 July 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Small-eyed Galliwasp