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    Species Accepted

    Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802)

    Jamaica Giant Galliwasp

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      6 results
      Jamaica Giant Galliwasp English
      Jamaican Giant Galliwasp English
      Sinking Galliwasp English
      Yellow Giant Forest Lizard English
      Ямайкский диплоглосс Russian
      Ямайский гигантский диплоглосс Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      17 results
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      Werner, F. (1901). Neue Reptilien des Königsberger Zoologischen Museums. Zool. Anz. 24: 297-301.
      Langner, Ch. (2019). Ich komme Dir auf die Schliche! Verkanntes Schleichenvolk – die interessanten Echsen der Familie Anguidae. Reptilia (Münster) 24 (136): 16-27.
      Cope, E. D. (1868). An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96-140.
      SCHOOLS, M., & HEDGES, S. B. (2024). A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa 5554(1): 1-306.
      Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. (1839). Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 Pp.
      Joseph-Ouni, M. (2005). Profiles of Extinction #12: Jamaican Giant Galliwasp - Celestus occiduus. Reptilia (GB) (38): 4.
      Barbour, T. (1910). Notes on the herpetology of Jamaica. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 52: 273—301.
      Shaw, & GEORGE. (1802). General zoology or systematic natural history, vol. 3, Pt 1. Thomas Davison, London, Viii+312 Pp.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1885). Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, Xiii+497 Pp.

      Citation

      Celestus occiduus (Shaw, 1802) in undefined