Mesaspis moreletii rafaeli

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 moreletii
Subspecies: Mesaspis moreletii rafaeli

Name

• Mesaspis moreletii rafaeli (Hartweg & Tihen, 1946)

Holotype: UMMZ 88228, juvenile ♀.

Type locality: “at 2300 meters above sea level, 16 kilometers south of Siltepec, Chiapas[, Mexico].”

Paratypes (4): UMMZ 88227, from the type locality; UMMZ 88226, “1500 meters above sea level, Cerro Pautal”; UMMZ 88384, “2500 meters above sea level, Chiquihuite, Volcán de Tacaná”; UMMZ 94920, “Cerro Malé”.

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus moreleti rafaeli Hartweg & Tihen, 1946: 8 [original combination]
• Barisia moreleti rafaeli — Tihen, 1949: 598 [name combination]
• [Mesaspis moreleti] rafaeli — Good, 1988: 86 [name combination, by indication]

References

Primary references

• Hartweg, N. & Tihen, J.A. 1946. Lizards of the genus Gerrhonotus from Chiapas, Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 497: 1–16. handle. 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. 
• 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

• Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(3): 217–254. BHL Reference page.