Jamaica giant galliwasp
| Jamaica giant galliwasp | |
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| museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Celestus |
| Species: | C. occiduus |
| Binomial name | |
| Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) | |
The Jamaica giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) is a species of lizard in the Anguidae family. It was endemic to Jamaica. It was last recorded in 1840 and is now extinct, likely exterminated by introduced predators like mongooses.[1]
References
- 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Celestus occiduus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
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