Celestus stenurus (COPE, 1862)
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Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Celestus stenurus stenurus (COPE 1862) Celestus stenurus alloeides SCHWARTZ 1964 Celestus stenurus rugosus COPE 1879 Celestus stenurus weinlandi COPE 1868 |
Common Names | Cope's Galliwasp |
Synonym | Diploglossus stenurus COPE 1862 (1863): 188 Celestus striatus — GRAY 1838: 288 Celestus stenurus — COPE 1879: 272 Diploglossus striatus — BOULENGER 1885: 289 Diploglossus striatus — FISCHER 1888: 29 Diploglossus stenurus stenurus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 8 Celestus stenurus stenurus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Celestus stenurus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 378 Celestus stenurus alloeides SCHWARTZ 1964 Diploglossus stenurus alloeides SCHWARTZ 1964: 18 Celestus stenurus alloeides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Celestus stenurus rugosus COPE 1879 Celestus rugosus COPE 1879 Diploglossus stenurus rugosus — SCHWARTZ 1964: 14 Celestus stenurus rugosus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Celestus stenurus rugosus — WWW 2008 Celestus stenurus weinlandi COPE, 1868 Celestus weinlandi COPE 1868: 125 Diploglossus stenurus weinlandi — SCHWARTZ 1964: 10 Celestus stenurus weinlandi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Celestus rugosus weinlandi — WWW 2008 |
Distribution | Antilles, Hispaniola, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Ile-a-Vache, Ile Grande Cayemite, Ile a Cabrit stenurus: Tiburon Peninsula in Haiti; Île-à-Vache; intergrades with C. s. weinlandi in Port-au-Prince area. Type locality: Near Jérémie, Département de la Grand'Anse, Haiti. alloeides: Peninsula de Samanà, República Dominicana; intergrades with C. s. rugosus on mainland in vicinity of base of peninsula. rugosus: northern Haiti into northwestern República Dominicana, thence throughout much of the eastern portion of that country; Cayos Siete Hermanos. weinlandi: Haiti, from Gonaïves and Ennery southeast along Golfe de la Gonâve to Plaine de Cul de Sac, thence east into Llanos de Azua and Barahona, República Dominicana; Île à Cabrit. INCERTAE SEDIS: Material from Île Grande Cayemite and Jacmel, as well as interior Haiti near Mirebalais, unassigned subspecifically. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 3612 Holotype: MCZ 77152 [alloeides] Holotype: USNM 10260 [rugosus] Holotype: USNM 12145 [weinlandi] |
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Comment | For illustrations see Boulenger, 1885 (as Diploglossus striatus); Cochran, 1941 (as C.costatus); Grant, 1951 (as C. costatus); Schwartz, 1964 d. Type species: Celestus striatus is the type species of the genus Celestus GRAY 1838: 288 (fide PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970). Higher taxa: Celestus is here assigned to Diploglossidae based on the paraphyly within Anguimorpha in Zheng & Wiens 2016. Most other recent authors included the genus in Anguidae: Diploglossinae. |
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