Celestus microblepharis Underwood, 1959
Tiny-eyelid galliwasp, Small-eyed forest lizard
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Diploglossus microblepharis Underwood, 1959
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 3 May 1952
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
The Tiny-eyelid galliwasp (Diploglossus microblepharis) is considered possibly extinct by (Powell & Henderson, 2012).
Distribution
Jamaica
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MCZ 55764
Type locality: "Boscobel, St. Mary, Jamaica, West Indies, 18o24'N, 76o58'W."
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Underwood, Garth. (1959). A new Jamaican galliwasp (Sauria, Anguidae). Breviora 102: 1-13.
Other references:
Gibson, R. (1996). Celestus microblepharis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 20 July 2013.
Powell, Robert and Henderson, Robert W. (2012). Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2): 85-166. [considers this taxon as possibly extinct]
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Schools, Molly and Hedges, S. Blair. (2021). Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Zootaxa 4974(2): 201-257. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4974.2.1
Wilson, B.S., Hedges, B. & Gibson, R. 2016. Celestus microblepharis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4096A71739470. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.
http://www.iucn-isg.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/EFJ_7th_Annual_Lecture_Booklet.pdf
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/12041/celestus-microblepharis-tiny-eyelid-galliwasp