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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