Mesalina ardestanica BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH, 2024
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Mesalina ardestanica
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Mesalina ardestanica BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH 2024: 118 |
| Distribution | Iran (Isfahan) Type locality: Iran, Isfahan Province, Ardestan, Hendooabad village, (latitude: 33.323702 N, longitude: 52.392139 E, 1363 m asl) |
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| Types | Holotype. ZFMK 104030, Adult male, 1 october 2020, Hamid Boroumand. Paratype. 1 male: same data as holotype (ZFMK 104031). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A member of the M. watsonana complex with three nasals, lower in contact with rostral and first upper labial; 8 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 (there are many small scales after the long narrow shield); two large transparent shields of lower eyelid edged with black; scales on tibia smooth; ventral plates in 10 straight longitudinal series, ventral plates in 27–31 transverse rows; 48–52 dorsal granular scales across middle of back; collar complete, curved and serrated, 12–13 collars; 6 submaxillaries; 24–28 gulars; 4 supraoculars (the first and fourth supraocular scales are small); 6–7 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; 12–14 femoral pores on each side of the thigh, narrowly separated by 3 scales; 25 lamellae under 4th toe. Width of the head before the tympanic hole (hw) 9.3–10.5 mm; head length, from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the collar (hl) 20–20.6 mm; head height near the occipital plate (hh) 8.2–8.3 mm; pileus length, dorsally from the tip of the snout to posterior margin of parietal and occipital scales (pl) 12.8–12.9 mm; length of the posterior half of the pileus (esd) 6.9–7.5 mm; mouth opening, from the tip of the snout to the end of the mouth (mo) 11.2–11.5 mm; total forelimb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (ffl) 17.4–18.2 mm; total hind limb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (hfl) 36–36.6 mm; trunk length, from the groin to the armpit (trl) 25.3–27mm; length of the body from the tip of snout to the cloaca (svl) 51.8–53.7 mm and tail length (tl) 104–107.2mm ( the maximum snout-vent length is 53.7 mm in males). (Boroumand et al. 2024) |
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