Mesaspis moreletii salvadorensis

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 salvadorensis

Name

• Mesaspis moreletii salvadorensis (Schmidt, 1928)

Holotype: FMNH 10957, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Los Esesmiles, dept. Chalatenango, 6000-8000 feet altitude, Salvador [=El Salvador].”

Paratype: FMNH 10956; from the type locality.

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus salvadorensis Schmidt, 1928: 196 [original combination, as species]
• Gerrhonotus moreletii salvadorensis — Dunn & Emlen, 1932: 28 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Barisia moreleti salvadorensis — Tihen, 1949: 598 [name combination]
• [Mesaspis moreleti] salvadorensis — Good, 1988: 86 [name combination, by indication]

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, K.P. 1928. Reptiles collected in Salvador for the California Institute of Technology. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological series 12(16): 191–201. BHL Reference page. 
• Dunn, E.R. & Emlen, Jr., J.T. 1932. Reptiles and Amphibians from Honduras. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 84: 21–32. JSTOR 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.