What animal group is the galiwasp in?

1. Is a galliwasp a reptile?
2. Is the Jamaican galliwasp dangerous?
3. Why did the Jamaican giant Galliwasp go extinct?

Is a galliwasp a reptile?

Galliwasps are burrowing, skink-like lizards found in the Americas and the Caribbean.

Is the Jamaican galliwasp dangerous?

The Galiwasp is a very dangerous reptile - that's the typical response you will get if you ask any Jamaican. Many will say that if a Galiwasp (also called Gala Wasp) should bite you, you must run to the nearest water that you can find before it reaches there, or else you will die.

Why did the Jamaican giant Galliwasp go extinct?

The Jamaica giant galliwasp is believed to be extinct as the last recorded citing was in 1840. “It is thought that the introduction of predatory species (primarily mongoose) to Jamaica, and the extensive conversion of woody swamp habitat, resulted in the extinction,” IUCN noted.