Celestus

Celestus
Celestus occiduus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Anguidae
Subfamily:	Diploglossinae
Genus:	Celestus Gray, 1839
Species
25, See text.

Celestus is a genus of anguid lizards containing 28 living species, and one extinct species.^[1]

Species

• Celestus adercus Savage, Lips & Ibáñez, 2008
• Celestus agasepsoides (Thomas, 1971)
• Celestus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979)
• Celestus badius Cope, 1868
• Celestus barbouri Grant, 1940
• Celestus bivittatus (Boulenger, 1895)
• Celestus carraui (Incháustegui, 1985)
• Celestus costatus (Cope, 1862)
• Celestus crusculus (Garman, 1887)
• Celestus curtissi Grant, 1951
• Celestus cyanochloris Cope, 1894
• Celestus darlingtoni Cochran, 1939
• Celestus duquesneyi Grant, 1940
• Celestus enneagrammus (Cope, 1860)
• Celestus fowleri (Schwartz, 1971)
• Celestus haetianus (Cochran, 1927)
• Celestus hewardi Gray, 1845
• Celestus hylaius Savage & Lips, 1993
• Celestus macrotus Thomas & Hedges, 1989
• Celestus marcanoi (Schwartz & Incháustegui, 1976)
• Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959)
• Celestus montanus (K.P. Schmidt, 1933)
• Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) - (extinct)
• Celestus orobius Savage & Lips, 1993
• Celestus rozellae (H.M. Smith, 1942)
• Celestus scansorius McCranie & Wilson, 1996
• Celestus sepsoides (Gray, 1852)
• Celestus stenurus (Cope, 1862)
• Celestus warreni (Schwartz, 1970)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Celestus.

References

1. The Reptile Database.

External links

• "Celestus". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Celestus&submit=Search