Mesaspis cuchumatanus

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 cuchumatanus

Name

Mesaspis cuchumatanus Solano-Zavaleta, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Campbell, 2016: 328

• Holotype: UTA R-46096, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “from Cerro Bobic, near San Mateo Ixtatán, Sierra de Los Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango, Guatemala (15850034.5700 N, 91830042.3300 W), elevation 2,958 m.”
• Paratypes (38): UTA R-27392–27393, “17.1 km (by road) SW San Juan Ixcoy, 3,260 m”; UTA R-27394–27396, “11.1 km (by road) NW Santa Eulalia, 2,760 m”; UTA R-36584–36585, 36589, “5.4 km WSW San Mateo Ixtatán, 2,975 m”; UTA R-41607, 41610, “3.2 km WSW Patacal, 2,761 m”; UTA R-41616, “5.6 km E San Mateo Ixtatán, 2,475 m”; UTA R-41617–41619, “along road to Patacal, 5.0 km (by road) NW intersection of Guatemala Road 9N (near San Mateo Ixtatán), 2,835 m”; UTA R-41621–41622, “5.6 km NW jct of San Mateo Ixtatán to Barillas road and road to Nentón, 2,780–2,800 m”; UTA R-46014–46018, “12.9 km N Chiantla, ca. 2,900 m”; UTA R-46019–46021, “7.2 km SE Todos Santos, 2,860 m”; UTA R-46097–46105, topotypes; MVZ 143480, 143484, “21.8 km N Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango–Barillas Road”; MVZ 143469, 14347, “stream below Captzin at km 311 on Huehuetenango-Barillas Road”; MVZ 143472, “4.5 km E (by road) Todos Santos on Todos Santos-Paquix Road”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Cuchumatanes Alligator Lizard
español: Escorpioncillo de los Cuchumatanes