Mesaspis monticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Mesaspis
Species: Mesaspis monticola

Name

• Mesaspis monticola (Cope, 1878)

Holotype: USNM 30591.

Type locality: “from the summit of the Pico Blanco (elevation 11,500 feet) in the Eastern Cordillera of Costa Rica.”

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus monticolus Cope, 1878: 97 [original combination]
• Barisia monticola — Tihen, 1949: 598 [name combination]
• Mesaspis monticolus — Good, 1988: 85 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Gerrhonotus alfaroi Stejneger, 1907: 505 [synonymized by Tihen (1949: 225)]

Holotype: USNM 37342.

Type locality: “Santa Maria [de Dota], northeast Laguna, Costa Rica, 2,000 meters altitude.”

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1877] 1878. Tenth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 85–98. BHL Reference page. 
• Stejneger, L.H. 1907. A new Gerrhonotine lizard from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1542): 505–506. BHL Reference page. 
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist 41(3): 580–601. DOI: 10.2307/2421775 ; JSTOR Reference page. 
• Good, D.A. 1988. Phylogenetic Relationships Among Gerrhonotine Lizards: An Analysis of External Morphology. In University of California Publications in Zoology volume 121. University of California Press: Berkeley & Los Angeles. 139 pp. ISBN 9780520097445 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(3): 217–254. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mesaspis monticola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 August 2017.
• Acosta Chaves, V., Ballesteros, E., Batista, A., García Rodríguez, A., Saborío, G. & Vargas Álvarez, J. 2013. IUCN: Mesaspis monticola  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T176253A1436679. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T176253A1436679.en