Mesalina bardaskanensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH, 2024
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Mesalina bardaskanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Mesalina bardaskanensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH 2024: 120 |
| Distribution | Iran (Khorasan Razavi) Type locality: Iran, Khorasan Razavi Province, Bardaskan, Kaboudan, (latitude: 35.293453 N, longitude: 57.974873 E, 1123 m asl |
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| Types | Holotype. ZFMK 104032, Adult male, 5 october 2020, Hamid Boroumand. Paratypes. 1 male: same data as holotype (ZFMK 104033); 2 males, 2 females: Iran, Semnan Province, damghan, (latitude: 36.171876 N, longitude: 54.276441 E, 1234 m asl), 6 october 2020, Hamid Boroumand (ZFMK 104034, ZFMK 104035, ZFMK 104036, ZFMK 104037). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A member of the M. watsonana complex with three nasals, lower in contact with rostral and first upper labial; 8–9 upper labials, (the fifth rarely sixth upper labial being largest and under the orbit); 7–8 lower labials; shields of head smooth, or very slighly rugose; occipital present; a long, narrow shield at the upper anterior edge of the tympanic hole (mostly the three (rarely two) scales after the long narrow shield well developed); two large transparent shields of lower eyelid edged with black; scales on tibia smooth; ventral plates in 10 straight longitudinal series, ventral plates in 28–31 transverse rows; 42–46 dorsal granular scales across middle of back; collar complete, curved and serrated, 11–14 collars; 5–6 submaxillaries; 22–27 gulars; 4 supraoculars (the first and fourth supraocular scales are small); 6–8 supraciliaries; row of granules separating supraoculars and supraciliaries incomplete; one very large preanal shield surrounded above and at the sides by two rows of smaller scales; 11–14 femoral pores on each side of the thigh, narrowly separated by 1–3 scales; 20–25 lamellae under 4th toe; width of the head before the tympanic hole (hw) 7.9– 9.5 mm; head length, from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the collar (hl) 15.6– 20 mm; head height near the occipital plate (hh) 6.3–7.5 mm; pileus length, dorsally from the tip of the snout to posterior margin of parietal and occipital scales (pl) 11.3–12.9 mm; length of the posterior half of the pileus (esd) 6–7.2 mm; mouth opening, from the tip of the snout to the end of the mouth (mo) 9.6–11.6 mm; total forelimb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (ffl) 14.5–17.2 mm; total hind limb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (hfl) 29.5–36.1 mm; trunk length, from the groin to the armpit (trl) 22.3–24.8mm; length of the body from the tip of snout to the cloaca (svl) 44.2–50.6 mm and tail length (tl) 99.7–110mm (the maximum snout-vent length is 51.1 mm in males and 49.8 mm in females). (Boroumand et al. 2024) |
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