Caribicus is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
| Caribicus | |
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| Haitian giant galliwasp (C. warreni) juvenile | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diploglossidae |
| Subfamily: | Celestinae |
| Genus: | Caribicus Schools & Hedges, 2021 |
| Species | |
Conservation
editAll three species are considered threatened on the IUCN Red List, and one is possibly extinct.
Taxonomy
editThere are three species in this genus, all of which were formerly classified in the genus Celestus.[1][2]
Species
edit- Caribicus anelpistus (Schwartz, Graham & Duval, 1979) - Altagracia giant galliwasp (possibly extinct)
- Caribicus darlingtoni (Cochran, 1939) - Hispaniolan striped galliwasp
- Caribicus warreni (Schwartz, 1970) - Haitian giant 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.