Mesalina watsonana

Mesalina watsonana

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia 

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

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Mesalina
Species: Mesalina watsonana

Name

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Syntypes: BMNH 74.4.29.1436/1946.8.7.75, ZSI 4929, 5050, 5223-5225, NHMW.

Type locality: “right bank of the Indus between Karachi and Sakkar, Sind”.

Combinations

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  • Eremias (Mesalina) watsonanaStoliczka, 1872: 86 [original combination]
  • Mesalina watsonanaMurray, 1884: 349 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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Syntypes: ZSI.

Type locality: “insula Henjam seu Angam dicta in sinu Persico”.

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Persian Long-Tailed Desert Lizard