Mesaspis gadovii levigata

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, Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Mesaspis
Species: Mesaspis gadovii
Subspecies: Mesaspis gadovii levigata

Name

• Mesaspis gadovii levigata (Tihen, 1949)

Holotype: USNM 47212, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Valley of Oaxaca[, Mexico].”

Paratype: USNM 47885, adult ♂; locality: “mountains west of Oaxaca City.”

Combinations

• Barisia gadovii levigata Tihen, 1949: 231 [original combination]
• [Mesaspis gadovii] levigata — Good, 1988: 83 [name combination, by indication]

References

Primary 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. 
• 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

• Spengler, J.C. & Smith, H.M. 1982. A range extension for the alligator lizard Barisia gadovi levigata. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 18: 172–174.