Mesalina brevirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Mesalina
Species: Mesalina brevirostris

Name

• Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874: 32

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.6.25. [designated by Šmíd et al. (2017: 658)]

Type locality: “insula Tumb dicta sinus Persici, et ad Kalabagh in regione Punjab Indiae”, restricted to “Tumb Island, Arabian/Persian Gulf, Iran” by Šmíd et al. (2017: 658).

Paralectotypes (2): BMNH 1917.3.6.16–17, same locality as the lectotype; BNHM 1946.8.6.34, “Kalabagh, Punjab, Pakistan”.

Combinations

• Eremias brevirostris — Boulenger, 1887: 89 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 14(79): 31–35. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680916 BHL Reference page. 
• Šmíd, J., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Štundl, J., Frynta, D., Lymberakis P., Kapli, P., Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Shobrak, M., Yousefkhani, S.H., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Castilla, A.M., Els, J. & Mayer, W. 2017. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta 46(6): 649–664. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12254 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Mesalina brevirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2019.
• Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Mousa Disi, A.M., Werner, Y., Baha El Din, S.M., Kaska, Y., Kumluta, Y., Avci, A. & Üzüm, N. 2010. IUCN: Mesalina brevirostris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T164728A5921037. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164728A5921037.en

Vernacular names

• English: Blanford's Short-Nosed Desert Lizard