Celestus macrotus THOMAS & HEDGES, 1989

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Higher Taxa	Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: La Selle Galliwasp, Thomas' Galliwasp, Laselle-Baoruco Forest Lizard
Synonym	Celestus macrotus THOMAS & HEDGES 1989: 886 Celestus macrotus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 375 Celestus macrotus — POWELL et al. 1999 Celestus macrotus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 Celestus macrotus — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 78
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti) Type locality: Ca. 15 km W (by logging roads) Gros Cheval, northeastern slopes of Pic la Selle, 2020 m, Département de l'Ouest, Haiti.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 286917. Other specimens: ANSP
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Comment	For illustrations see Thomas and Hedges, 1989. Abundance: only known from the type specimens (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after Greek, macros, long (large in common usage), and otos, ear, in reference to the large EAM (= external auditory meatus).
References	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 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here Powell, Robert; José A. Ottenwalder and Sixto J. Incháustegui 1999. The Hispaniolan Herpetofauna: Diversity, Endemism, and Historical Perpectives, with Comments on Navassa Island. In Crother, Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, Academic Press, pp. 93-168 - get paper here SCHOOLS, M., & HEDGES, S. B. 2024. A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa 5554(1): 1-306 - get paper here 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. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Thomas, R. and S. B. Hedges. 1989. A new Celestus (Sauria: Anguidae) from the Chaine de Ia Selle of Haiti. Copeia 1989 (4): 886-891 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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