Caribicus
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| Caribicus | |
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| Haitian giant galliwasp (C. warreni) juvenile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Caribicus Schools & Hedges, 2021 |
| Species | |
Caribicus is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Conservation[edit]
All three species are considered threatened on the IUCN Red List, and one is possibly extinct.
Taxonomy[edit]
There are three species in this genus, all of which were formerly classified in the genus Celestus.[1][2]
Species[edit]
- Caribicus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) - Altagracia giant galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Caribicus darlingtoni (Cochran, 1939) - Hispaniolan striped galliwasp
- Caribicus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) - Haitian giant galliwasp
References[edit]
- ^ "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ Schools, Molly; Hedges, S. Blair (2021-05-20). "Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae)". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 201–257. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34186858.