''Comptus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of diploglossid

lizards Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia a ...

native to the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Great ...

Taxonomy

All three species were previously classified in the genus ''

Celestus ''Celestus'' is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic to Jamaica and containing about 11 species, though three of these may be extinct. Formerly, this genus had more than 31 species, but a 2021 phylogenetic study found this classification to ...

''.

Species

There are three species in the genus, all of which are widely geographically separated from each other on different islands: * ''

Comptus badius ''Comptus badius'', the Navassa galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family endemic to Navassa Island. Taxonomy It was formerly classified in the genus ''Celestus ''Celestus'' is a genus of diploglossid lizards endemic t ...

'' – Navassa galliwasp * ''

Comptus maculatus ''Comptus maculatus'', the Cayman galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family endemic to the Cayman Islands. Taxonomy It was formerly classified in the genus ''Celestus'', but was moved to ''Comptus ''Comptus'' is a genus of ...

'' – Cayman galliwasp * ''

Comptus stenurus ''Comptus stenurus'', the Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp or Cope's galliwasp, is a species of lizard of the Diploglossidae family endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Taxonomy It was formerly cl ...

'' – Hispaniolan keeled galliwasp or Cope's galliwasp

References

{{reflist Comptus Lizard genera Lizards of the Caribbean