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Celestus macrolepis GRAY, 1845

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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCelestus macrolepis GRAY 1845: 118
Celestus macrolepis — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021
Celestus macrolepis — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 73 
DistributionUnknown, possibly Jamaica

Type locality: West Indies  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.3.82 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1223 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Celestus macrolepis was synonymized with C. occiduus by Boulenger 1885 and then largely forgotten in the literature, until its resurrection by Schools & Hedges 2021.

Conservation: possibly extinct. As with Celestus striatus, the introduction of the mongoose in 1872 may have driven C. macrolepis to great rarity or extinction (Schools & Hedges 2021). 
EtymologyNamed after the presence of a large, seven-sided frontonasal scale purportedly representing the unusual fusion of the internasals and frontonasal (Gray 1845), after Greek makros (μακρός), long; large in size or degree, great + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - 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
 
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