Celestus occiduus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	ANGUIDAE

Scientific Name:

Celestus occiduus

Species Authority:

(Shaw, 1802)

Common Name/s:

English

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Jamaica Giant Galliwasp

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Justification:
Last recorded in 1840, it is thought that the introduction of predatory species (e.g., mongooses) to Jamaica resulted in the extinction of Celestus occiduus.

History:

1994

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Extinct? (IUCN)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Celestus occiduus was known from Jamaica.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Jamaica

Population [top]

Population:	The last record of this species was in 1840.

Population:

The last record of this species was in 1840.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The introduction of predatory species (e.g., mongooses) may have resulted in the extinction of the Jamaica Giant Galliwasp.

Major Threat(s):

The introduction of predatory species (e.g., mongooses) may have resulted in the extinction of the Jamaica Giant Galliwasp.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Celestus occiduus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010.
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