Comptus badius (COPE, 1868)

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Higher Taxa	Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Navassa Galliwasp
Synonym	Celestus badius COPE 1868 Diploglossus costatus badius — SCHWARTZ 1964 Celestus costatus badius — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 94 Celestus badius — POWELL 1999 Comptus badius — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021
Distribution	Navassa Island, Antilles Type locality: Navassa Island
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Syntypes: USNM 25817-18
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after Latin badius = brown or chestnut-brown.
References	Cope, E.D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96-140 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Powell, R. 1999. Herpetology of Navassa Island, West Indies. Carib. J. Sci. 35: 1-13 SCHOOLS, MOLLY & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2021. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Zootaxa 4974 (2): 201–257 - get paper here Schwartz,A. 1964. Diploglossus costatus Cope (Sauria: Anguidae) and its relatives in Hispaniola. Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery Sci. Publ. 13: 1-57
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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