Mesaspis

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 (7): M. antauges – M. cuchumatanus – M. gadovii – M. juarezi – M. monticola – M. moreletii – M. viridiflava

Name

Mesaspis Cope, 1878: 96

Type species: Gerrhonotus moreleti Bocourt, 1871, by subsequent designation by Tihen (1949: 596).

Taxonomic note: create as a genus was subsumed in Gerrhonotus by Bocourt (1878); synonymized with Barisia by Tihen (1949: 596); synonymized with Gerrhonotus by Wermuth (1969: 14); and restaured to full genus by Good (1988: 81).

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.
Tihen, J.A. 1949. The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist 41(3): 580–601. DOI: 10.2307/2421775 ; JSTOR Reference page.

Additional references

Bocourt, M.-F. 1878. pp. 281–360 + pls 20,21. In Duméril, A.H.A., Bocourt, M.-F., Mocquard, F., Vaillant, L. & Milne-Edwards, H. (eds.). 1870–1909. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches Zoologiques paus servir à l'histórie de la faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Troisième partie. Section 1. Études sur ler Reptiles. Livraison 5. Imprimiere Impériale: Paris. i–xiv + 1012 pp. + 99 plates. BHL 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.
Wermuth, H. 1969. Das Tierreich Lfg 90. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Anguidae, Anniellidae, Xenosauridae. De Gruyter: Berlin. xii + 41 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-102476-9 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.
Solano-Zavaleta, I., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. & Campbell, J.A. 2016. A New Species of Mesaspis (Squamata: Anguidae) from the High Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 327–336. DOI: 10.1670/15-024 Reference page.