Celestus duquesneyi, commonly known as Duquesney's galliwasp or the blue-tailed galliwasp, www.reptile-database.org. is a species of lizard in the family Diploglossidae. The species is endemic to Jamaica.
Etymology The specific name, duquesneyi, is in honor of Douglas DuQuesnay.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Celestus duquesneyi, p. 78).
Geographic range C. duquesneyi is found in southern Jamaica.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. duquesneyi is forest, at altitudes of .
Description Moderate-sized for its genus, C. duquesneyi may attain a snout-to-vent length of almost .
Behavior C. duquesneyi is terrestrial.
Reproduction C. duquesneyi is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading Grant C (1940). "Notes on the reptiles and amphibians of Jamaica, with diagnoses of new species and subspecies". Jamaica Today. 151–157. (Celestus duquesneyi, new species, p. 157). Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Celestus duquesneyi, p. 119).