Jamaica giant galliwasp

Jamaica giant galliwasp
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. 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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