Comptus is a genus of diploglossid lizards native to the West Indies.
| Comptus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Cope's galliwasp (C. stenurus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Comptus Schools & Hedges, 2021 |
| Species | |
Taxonomy
editAll three species were previously classified in the genus Celestus.[1][2]
Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ "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.