Mesaspis viridiflava

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 viridiflava

Name

Mesaspis viridiflava (Bocourt, 1873)

Holotype: MNHN RA-2920.

Type locality: “Mexique”, restricted to “the highlands of central Oaxaca[, Mexico]” by Tihen (1949: 227).

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus viridiflavus Bocourt, 1873: unpaginated [original combination]
• Barisia viridiflava — Tihen, 1949: 598 [name combination]
• Mesaspis viridiflava — Good, 1988: 87 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Gerrhonotus bocourti Peters, 1876: 297 [synonymized by Tihen (1949: 229)]
  • Holotype: ZMB 7557, juvenile indet.
  • Type locality: “angeblich aus Mexico”, restricted to “Oaxaca, Oaxaca” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 200)
• Gerrhonotus obscurus Günther, 1885: 40 [synonymized by Tihen (1949: 229)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29.43, ♂
  • Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Oaxaca, Oaxaca” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 200)

References

Primary references

• Bocourt, M.-F. 1873. Notes erpetologiques. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et paléontologie 5e. série, 17(Art. 2): 1. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1876. Eine Mitteilung über neue Arten der Sauriergattung Gerrhonotus. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 297–300. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1885–1902. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Volume 7. Reptilia and Batrachia. R.H. Porter: London. i–xx + 326 pp., 76 pls. 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. 
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(3): 217–254. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. & Taylor, E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 199: v + 253 pp. BHL 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mesaspis viridiflava. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 August 2017.
• Campbell, J.A. 2007. IUCN: Mesaspis viridiflava  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63715A12709095. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63715A12709095.en

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Alligator Lizard