Celestus Gray 1838 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Anguidae

Parent taxon: Diploglossinae according to S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954

See also Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Frank and Ramus 1996 and Morgan 1994

Sister taxa: Diploglossus, Eodiploglossus, Ophiodes

Subtaxa: Celestus barbouri Celestus bivittatus Celestus crusculus Celestus curtissi Celestus darlingtoni Celestus duquesneyi Celestus enneagrammus Celestus fowleri

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Ecology: insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (2 collections), the Dominican Republic (4), Jamaica (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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