Mesalina halilica BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH, 2024
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Mesalina halilica
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Mesalina halilica BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH 2024: 114 |
| Distribution | Iran (Kerman) Type locality: Iran, Kerman Province, Baft, Khabr, Vakilabad village, (latitude: 28.948908 N, longitude: 56.529936 E, 2068 m asl. |
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| Types | Holotype. ZFMK 104018, Adult male, 27 october 2019, Hamid Boroumand. Paratype. 1 male: same data as holotype (ZFMK 104019). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A member of the M. watsonana complex with three nasals, lower in contact with rostral and first upper labial; 9 upper labials (the fifth upper labial being largest and under the orbit); 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 (scales in front of the tympanic hole mostly are serrated); two large transparent shields of lower eyelid edged with black; scales on tibia smooth; ventral plates in 10 straight longitudinal series, ventral plates in 30 transverse rows; 45 dorsal granular scales across middle of back; collar complete, curved and serrated, 12–13 collars; 5 submaxillaries; 24–25 gulars; four supraoculars (the first and fourth supraoculars are small); 6 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; 12–13 femoral pores on each side of the thigh, narrowly separated by 2 scales; 24–26 lamellae under 4th toe; width of the head before the tympanic hole (hw) 8.5–8.8 mm; head length, from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the collar (hl) 19.1–19.7 mm; head height near the occipital plate (hh) 5.6–6.1 mm; pileus length, dorsally from the tip of the snout to posterior margin of parietal and occipital scales (pl) 12.3 mm; length of the posterior half of the pileus (esd) 6.5–6.8 mm; mouth opening, from the tip of the snout to the end of the mouth (mo) 10.7–11.2 mm; total forelimb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (ffl) 16.2–17.3 mm; total hind limb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (hfl) 34.5–35.5 mm; trunk length, from the groin to the armpit (trl) 23–23.7 mm; length of the body from the tip of snout to the cloaca (svl) 49.7–50.3 mm and tail length (tl) 94.8–100 mm (the maximum snout-vent length is 50.3 mm in males). (Boroumand et al. 2024) |
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