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Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Jamaica
Type locality: Windsor, elevation about 500 ft., Trelawny Parish, Jamaica.
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Celestus fowleri

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Celestus fowleri, also known commonly as the bromeliad galliwasp and Fowler's galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Etymology

The specific name, fowleri, is in honor of American herpetologist Danny C. Fowler.[4]

Geographic range

C. fowleri is found only in northwestern Jamaica, in Trelawny Parish.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. fowleri is forest, at an altitude of 160 m (520 ft).[1]

Behavior

C. fowleri shelters in bromeliads at up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) above the forest floor.[1]

Reproduction

C. fowleri is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wilson BS, Hedges B, Gibson R, Koenig S (2016). "Celestus fowleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4095A115067535.
  2. ^ a b c Species Celestus fowleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Celestus fowleri ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/diploglossa/diploglossidae.
  4. ^ 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 fowleri, p. 93).
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Celestus fowleri: Brief Summary

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Celestus fowleri, also known commonly as the bromeliad galliwasp and Fowler's galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.

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