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Celestus barbouri

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2943930 ↗
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Celestus barbouri, also known commonly as Barbour's galliwasp and the limestone forest galliwasp, is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.

Etymology

The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.

Geographic range

C. barbouri is found in central and northern Jamaica.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. barbouri is forest, at altitudes of 600 m (2,000 ft) and higher.

Description

Moderate-sized for its genus, C. barbouri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 10 cm (3.9 in).

Reproduction

C. barbouri is ovoviviparous.

References

Further reading

Grant C (1940). "The Herpetology of Jamaica II. The Reptiles". Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series (1): 61–148.

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This entry incorporates text from “Celestus barbouri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.