Comptus

Comptus
	Cope's galliwasp (C. stenurus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Diploglossidae
Subfamily:	Celestinae
Genus:	Comptus; Schools & Hedges, 2021
Species
	C. badius; C. maculatus; C. stenurus;

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Comptus is a genus of diploglossid lizards native to the West Indies.

Taxonomy

All three species were previously classified in the genus Celestus.^[1]^[2]

Species

There 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

^ "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.

[1] "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2022-08-02.

[2] 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.

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