Celestus hewardi GRAY, 1845
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Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Heward's Galliwasp |
Synonym | Celestus Hewardii GRAY 1845: 118 Diploglossus (Celestus) variegatus PETERS 1874: 370 Diploglossus hewardii — BOULENGER 1885: 291 Celestus hewardi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 374 Celestus hewardi — BAUER et al. 1995: 53 Celestus hewardi — WILSON 2011 Celestus hewardii — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 |
Distribution | Jamaica Type locality: “unbestimmter Herkunft” [= of unknown origin] |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 8029 [Diploglossus (Celestus) variegatus PETERS 1874] |
Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Size moderately large (SVL to 132 mm); limbs relatively long; nasal excluded from frontal; dorsal scales keeled and striate; ventrals smooth to weakly striate, 113-135 between mental and vent; 49-59 scales around midbody; 15-19 fourth toe lamellae; angular subocular usually between supralabials 7/8, less frequently between 6/7. Dorsal ground color greenish tan-brown to very dark brown (almost black) or metallic tan; with or without dirty gray, median nuchal and postocular streaks; middorsal spots reddish brown to bronze; flanks and sides of head with alternating bars of black and green to yellow-green; top of head olive and patternless; limbs flecked with metallic tan; vertical subocular and loreallines absent; labials and throat ground color mottled or flecked brown to black on yellow-green to dull blue ground color extending as far posterior as forelimb insertions; dorsum of tail colored like body, but distally light bands pale blue; venter and underside of tail orange (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 374). |
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Etymology | Named after Robert Heward (1791-1877) British botanist and member of the Linnean Society, London. |
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