Celestus barbouri explained

Celestus barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's galliwasp and the limestone forest galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.^[1]

Geographic range

C. barbouri is found in central and northern Jamaica.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. barbouri is forest, at altitudes of and higher.

Description

Moderate-sized for its genus, C. barbouri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about .

Reproduction

C. barbouri is ovoviviparous.

Further reading

• Grant C (1940). "The Herpetology of Jamaica II. The Reptiles". Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series (1): 61–148. (Celestus barbouri, new species, p. 101).
• Schools M, Hedges SB (2021). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa 4974 (2): 201–257.
• Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (Celestus barbouri, p. 367).
• 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 barbouri, p. 114).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]