Comptus is a genus of diploglossid lizards native to the West Indies.
Taxonomy
All three species were previously classified in the genus Celestus.[1][2]
Species
There are three species in the genus, all of which are widely geographically separated from each other on different islands:
- Comptus badius (Cope, 1868) – Navassa galliwasp
- Comptus maculatus (Garman, 1888) – Cayman galliwasp
- Comptus stenurus (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp or Cope's galliwasp
References
- ^ "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.
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