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Celestus occiduus (Jamaican Giant Galliwasp, Sinking Galliwasp)

Synonyms: Celestus impressus; Lacerta occidua; Macrogongylus brauni; Scincus gallivasp

Wikipedia Abstract

The Jamaica giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus) is a species of lizard in the Anguidae family.It was endemic to Jamaica. It was last recorded in 1840 and is now extinct, likely exterminated by introduced predators like mongooses.
View Wikipedia Record: Celestus occiduus

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Celestus occiduus

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Terrestrial

Predators

Pseudoscops grammicus (Jamaican Owl)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 2PREY REMAINS OF THE JAMAICAN OWL (PSEUDOSCOPS GRAMMICUS), GARY R. GRAVES, J. Carib. Ornithol. 20:53-55, 2007
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0