Mesalina esfarayensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH, 2024
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Mesalina esfarayensis
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Mesalina esfarayensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH 2024: 122 |
| Distribution | Iran (North Khorasan) Type locality: Iran, North Khorasan Province, Esfarayen, Eyzi village, (latitude: 36.995959 N, longitude: 57.60645 E, 1290 m asl. |
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| Types | Holotype. Adult male, 5 october 2020, Hamid Boroumand (ZFMK 104038). Paratypes. 2 females: same data as holotype (ZFMK 104039, ZFMK 104040); 1 male: Iran, Sistan and Balochistan Province, zabol, Nader Alam Khan village, (latitude: 30.89388 N, longitude: 61.77611 E, 492 m asl), 5 June 2014, Alireza riki (ZFMK 104041). |
| 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 upper labial being largest and under the orbit); 6–8 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 (very tiny 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 28–33 transverse rows; 43 dorsal granular scales across middle of back; collar complete, curved and serrated, 9–11 collars; 4–5 submaxillaries; 20–23 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 one row of smaller scales; 10–13 femoral pores on each side of the thigh, narrowly separated by 1–3 scales; 20–24 lamellae under 4th toe; width of the head before the tympanic hole (hw) 5.7–7.7 mm; head length, from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the collar (hl) 13.3–17 mm; head height near the occipital plate (hh) 3.9– 6.2 mm; pileus length, dorsally from the tip of the snout to posterior margin of parietal and occipital scales (pl) 8.5–12.1 mm; length of the posterior half of the pileus (esd) 4.7–6.7 mm; mouth opening, from the tip of the snout to the end of the mouth (mo) 7.3–10 mm; total forelimb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (ffl) 11.3–15.4 mm; total hind limb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (hfl) 24.6–28.7 mm; trunk length, from the groin to the armpit (trl) 16.8–24.8mm; length of the body from the tip of snout to the cloaca (svl) 35–46 mm and tail length (tl) 49.5–64 mm (the maximum snout-vent length is 46 mm in males and 43.6 mm in females). (Boroumand et al. 2024) |
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