Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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, Toxicofera
Subordo: Anguimorpha
Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha
Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Mesaspis
Species: Mesaspis viridiflava

Name

  • Mesaspis viridiflava (Bocourt, 1873)

Holotype: MNHN RA-2920.

Type locality: “Mexique”, restricted to “the highlands of central Oaxaca[, Mexico]” by Tihen (1949: 227).

Combinations

  • Gerrhonotus viridiflavus Bocourt, 1873: unpaginated [original combination]
  • Barisia viridiflavaTihen, 1949: 598 [name combination]
  • Mesaspis viridiflavaGood, 1988: 87 [name combination]

Synonyms

  • Gerrhonotus bocourti Peters, 1876: 297 [synonymized by Tihen (1949: 229)]

Holotype: ZMB 7557, juvenile indet.

Type locality: “angeblich aus Mexico”, restricted to “Oaxaca, Oaxaca” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 200).

  • Gerrhonotus obscurus Günther, 1885: 40 [synonymized by Tihen (1949: 229)]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29.43, ♂.

Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Oaxaca, Oaxaca” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 200).

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Alligator Lizard
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