Mesaspis juarezi

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 juarezi

Name

Mesaspis juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987)

• Holotype: UTA R-8485, adult ♂.
• Type locality: “northern slope of the Sierra Juarez between 6.1 and 11.6 km N crest of Cerro Pelon, Ixtlan District, Oaxaca, Mexico”.
• Paratypes (94): LACM 15158, “MEXICO: Oaxaca; Ixtlan District; 51 km (by rd.) N Ixtlan de Juarez”; LACM 122496, “54 km N Guelatao on Mex. Hwy. 175, 2510 rn”; LACM 125365, “60.3 km (34.7 mi. by rd.) NE Guelatao, Mex. Hwy. 175, 2316.5 in (7600 ft.)”; LACM 129614-15, “52.2 km (32.4 mi. by Hwy. 175) N Guelatao, 2515 m”; LACM 130271, “55.6 km (34.5 mi. by Hwy. 175) N Guelatao, 12.6 km (7.8 mi. by rd.) NE jct. of rd. to Comaltepec”; LACM 130272-84, “17.9 krn (11.1 mi. by rd.) S Vista Hermosa”; UTA R-3409-15, CAS 142597, “7.2 km (4.5 mi. by rd.) N Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-3832, “3.2 km (2 mi.) N Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-4309-17, “9.4 km (5.8 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-4305-07, 4863-64, “9.8 km (6.1 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-5803-06, “10.5 km (6.5 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-5807-09, “11.4 km (7.1 rni.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-60996-100, “9.7 krn (6 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-7741, 7879, 8695-96, “11 km (6.8 mi. by rd.) N Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-8425, 8430-32, “10.2 krn (6.3 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-8464, “8.1-1 1.6 km (5-7.2 mi.) N Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-8484, 8486-95, “6.1-11.6 km (3.8-7.2 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-8503-04, 8512-15, “11.6 km (7.2 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; UTA R-8511, “12.1 km (7.5 mi.) N crest Cerro Pelon”; AMNH 100711, “ca. 16.1 km (10 mi.) SE Llano de las Flores, 2819.4 m (9250 ft.)”; AMNH 100719, “9.7 km (6 mi.) NE Cerro Pelon, 2194.6 m (7200 ft.)”; MVZ 112393, “61 km NE (by Mex. Hwy. 175) Guelatao”; MVZ 112394, “52 km NE (by Mex. hwy. 175) Guelatao”; TCWC 36536-37, “Cerro Juarez”; UMMZ 134015, “10 km (6.2 mi.) NE Cerro Pelon, 52.4 km (32.5 mi.) SSW Valle Nacional”; UNM 25505, “11.3 km (7 rd. mi.) NE Cerro Pelon, 2133.6 m (7000 ft.)”; UNM 30770-71, “4.8 km (3 mi.) E Cerro Pelon”; UNM 30772-73, “11.9 km (7.4 mi.) E Cerro Pelon”; UCM 49305, “Vista Hermosa, Comaltepec”.

Combinations

• Barisia juarezi — Karges & Wright, 1987: 1 [original combination]
• Mesaspis juarezi — Good, 1988: 85 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Karges, J.P. & Wright, J.W. 1987. A new species of Barisia (Sauria, Anguidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science 381: 1–11. PDF 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 juarezi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 August 2017.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. IUCN: Mesaspis juarezi  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63714A12708949. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63714A12708949.en

Vernacular names

English: Sierra Juarez Alligator Lizard