Mesaspis gadovii

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 gadovii
Subspecies (2): M. g. gadovii – M. g. levigata

Name

• Mesaspis gadovii (Boulenger, 1913)

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.29.44-45; 1946.8.8.4-15.

Type locality: “Omilteme, Guerrero, southern Mexico.”

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus gadovii Boulenger, 1913: 564 [original combination]
• Barisia gadovii — Tihen, 1949: 598 [name combination]
• Mesaspis gadovii — Good, 1988: 82 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1913. Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8, 12(72): 563–565. DOI: 10.1080/00222931308693441 BHL 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mesaspis gadovii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 August 2017.
• Canseco-Márquez, L., Campbell, J.A., Ponce-Campos, P., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Mesaspis gadovii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63713A12708812. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63713A12708812.en

Vernacular names

English: Gadow's Alligator Lizard