Celestus Gray 1838 (squamates)
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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
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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