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Celestus hesperius SCHOOLS & HEDGES, 2024

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
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Common Names 
SynonymCelestus hesperius SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 59
Celestus crusculus crusculus — Grant 1940: 102 (part)
Celestus crusculus — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 369 (part)
Celestus crusculus crusculus — Hedges et al. 2019: 17 (part)
Celestus crusculus — Schools & Hedges 2021: 220 (part)
Celestus crusculus — Landestoy et al. 2022: 204 (part) 
DistributionJamaica

Type locality: 3.2 km SE of Content, Hanover Parish, Jamaica  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. USNM 328154, an adult female, collected by S. Blair Hedges and David Powars on 8 January 1984 (18.351, -77.991, 201 m).
Paratypes (n=2). Hanover. USNM 328155, S. Blair Hedges and David Powars, 3.2 km SE of Content (18.351, -77.991, 201 m), 8 January 1984. Westmoreland. USNM 328156, S. Blair Hedges and David Powars, 5.3 km N of Town Head, 16 January 1984. 
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References
  • 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
 
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