Celestus microblepharis (Underwood, 1959:2)
Tiny-eyelid galliwasp, Small-eyed forest lizard
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Diploglossus microblepharis Underwood, 1959:2
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 3 May 1952; 8 July 1953 (Schools & Hedges, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
The Tiny-eyelid galliwasp (Diploglossus microblepharis) is considered possibly extinct by (Powell & Henderson, 2012).
Distribution
Jamaica
Type locality: "Boscobel, St. Mary, Jamaica, West Indies, 18o24'N, 76o58'W."
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MCZ R-55764 (Schools & Hedges, 2024)
Media
Celestus microblepharis — Hedges et al., 2019:17
Celestus microblepharis — Schools & Hedges, 2021:220.
Celestus microblepharis — Landestoy et al., 2022:204.
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.
Hedges, S. Blair, Powell, R., Henderson, R. W., Hanson, S. and Murphy, J. C. (2019). Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology 67: 1-53. https://doi.org/10.31611/ch.67
Landestoy, M., Schools, M. and Hedges, S. Blair. (2022) A new genus and species of Caribbean forest lizard (Diploglossidae; Celestinae) from southern Hispaniola. Zootaxa 5219(3): 201-226.
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
Schools, Molly and Hedges, S. Blair. (2024). A new forest lizard fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Diploglossidae, Celestinae). Zootaxa 5554(1): 1-306. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5554.1.1
Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R. W. (1991). Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies: descriptions, distributions, and natural history. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida. 720 pp.
Wilson, B.S., Hedges, S. Blair and 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
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/12041/celestus-microblepharis-tiny-eyelid-galliwasp