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Celestus costatus  (Cope, 1862)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 564561

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Diploglossus costatus (Cope, 1862)
  
    Panolopus costatus Cope, 1862
  
  Common Name(s): Costate Galliwasp [English]
  
    Hispaniolan Smooth Galliwasp [English]
  
    Common Hispaniolan Galliwasp [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyDiploglossidae   
                                  GenusCelestus Gray, 1839 – Galliwasps  
                                     SpeciesCelestus costatus (Cope, 1862) – Costate Galliwasp, Hispaniolan Smooth Galliwasp, Common Hispaniolan Galliwasp  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus aenetergum Schwartz and Jacobs, 1989  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus chalcorhabdus (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus costatus (Cope, 1862)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus emys (Schwartz, 1971)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus leionotus (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus melanchrous (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus neiba (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus nesobous (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus oreistes (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus psychonothes (Schwartz, 1964)  
                                        SubspeciesCelestus costatus saonae (Schwartz, 1971)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Celestus costatus    
       
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Celestus costatus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (Dec. 2020), website (version Dec 2020)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org   
  Reference for: Celestus costatus, Common Hispaniolan Galliwasp [English], Hispaniolan Smooth Galliwasp [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Powell, Robert, Robert W. Henderson, Kraig Adler, and Harold A. Dundee / Powell, Robert et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Annotated Checklist of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz, Contributions to Herpetology, vol. 12   
  Page(s): 51-93   
  Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles   
  Publication Place: Ithaca, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-916984-37-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Celestus costatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Dated 1861 but published 21 March 1862 in the Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13:494-500  
 

 

    


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