''Comptus badius'', the Navassa galliwasp, is a species of

lizard 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 alt ...

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 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 ...

'', but was moved to ''

Comptus ''Comptus'' is a genus of diploglossid lizards native to the West Indies. Taxonomy All three species were previously classified in the genus ''Celestus''. Species There are three species in the genus, all of which are widely geographically se ...

'' in 2021.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2943929 Comptus Reptiles described in 1868 Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope