Celestus duquesneyi

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Diploglossidae
Genus: Celestus
Species: Celestus duquesneyi
Name

Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Celestus duquesneyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 July 2020.
Wilson, B.S., Hedges, B. & Gibson, R. 2017. IUCN: Celestus duquesneyi (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T4094A71739426. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4094A71739426.en

Vernacular names
English: Blue-tailed Galliwasp

Celestus duquesneyi, commonly known as Duquesney's galliwasp[1] or the blue-tailed galliwasp,[2] is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae.

Etymology

The specific name, duquesneyi, is in honor of Douglas DuQuesnay.[3]
Geographic range

Celestus duquesneyi is found in Jamaica.[2][4]
Behavior

C. duquesneyi is terrestrial.[1]
References

Wilson, B.S.; Hedges, S.B.; Gibson, R. (2017). "Celestus duquesneyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T4094A71739426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4094A71739426.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
"Celestus duquesneyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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 duquesneyi, p. 78).

"Celestus duquesneyi ". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 4 January 2013.