Celestus fowleri

Celestus fowleri, also known commonly as the bromeliad galliwasp and Fowler's galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Celestus fowleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species:
C. fowleri
Binomial name
Celestus fowleri
(Schwartz, 1971)
Synonyms[2]
  • Diploglossus fowleri
    Schwartz, 1971
  • Celestus fowleri
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Danny C. Fowler.[4]

Geographic range

C. fowleri is found only in northwestern Jamaica, in Trelawny Parish.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. fowleri is forest, at an altitude of 160 m (520 ft).[1]

Behavior

C. fowleri shelters in bromeliads at up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) above the forest floor.[1]

Reproduction

C. fowleri is ovoviviparous.[2]

References
  1. Wilson BS, Hedges B, Gibson R, Koenig S (2016). "Celestus fowleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4095A115067535.
  2. Species Celestus fowleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Celestus fowleri, p. 93).

Further reading
  • Schwartz A (1971). "A new species of bromeliad-inhabiting galliwasp (Sauria: Anguidae) from Jamaica". Breviora (371): 1–10. (Diploglossus fowleri, new species).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 714 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Celestus fowleri, new combination).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Diploglossus fowleri, p. 119).
  • Wilson BS (2011). "Conservation of Jamaican amphibians and reptiles". pp. 273–310. In: Hailey A, Wilson BS, Horrocks JA (editors) (2011). Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. 440 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-19408-3.



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