Comptus stenurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Genus: | Comptus |
| Species: | C. stenurus
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| Comptus stenurus (Cope, 1862)
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Comptus stenurus, the Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp or Cope's galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
Taxonomy
[edit]It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved to Comptus in 2021.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Inchaustegui, S.; Landestoy, M. (2016). "Celestus stenurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203037A115346804. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ Celestus stenurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
- ^ 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. S2CID 235687219.