Comptus stenurus

Comptus stenurus, the Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp or Cope's galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family^[2] endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti).

Comptus stenurus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Diploglossidae
Genus:	Comptus
Species:	C. stenurus
Binomial name
Comptus stenurus (Cope, 1862)
Synonyms
Celestus stenurus Diploglossus stenurus

Taxonomy

It was formerly classified in the genus Celestus, but was moved to Comptus in 2021.^[3]