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Mesalina kermanensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH, 2024

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
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SynonymMesalina kermanensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME & AHMADZADEH 2024: 116 
DistributionIran (Kerman)

Type locality: Iran, Kerman Province, zarand, dasht-e-khak, (latitude: 31.024946 N, longitude: 56.557987 E, 2279 m asl  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. ZFMK 104020, Adult male, 25 March 2021, Hamid Boroumand. Paratypes. 1 male, 4 females: same data as holotype (ZFMK 104021, ZFMK 104022, ZFMK 104023 ZFMK 104024, ZFMK 104025); 1 female: Iran, Kerman Province, zarand, Babtangal, (latitude: 30.88618 N, longitude: 56.581336 E, 1826 m asl), 25 March 2021, Hamid Boroumand (ZFMK 104026); 3 males: Iran, Yazd Province, Ardakan, tout, (latitude: 32.578333 N, longitude: 54.341667 E, 1154 m asl), 5 April 2021, Hamid Boroumand (ZFMK 104027, ZFMK 104028, ZFMK 104029). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A member of the M. watsonana complex with three nasals, lower in contact with rostral and first upper labial; 8–10 upper labials (the fifth 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 (there are several very 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 28–31 transverse rows; 40–45 dorsal granular scales across middle of back; collar, not complete, curved and serrated, 9–12 collars; 5 submaxillaries; 22–28 gulars; 3–4 supraoculars (the first and fourth supraocular scales are small); 5–7 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; 10–13 femoral pores on each side of the thigh, narrowly separated by 2–3 scales; 22–24 lamellae under 4th toe. Width of the head before the tympanic hole (hw) 6.4–8.2 mm; head length, from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the collar (hl) 13.8–19.1 mm; head height near the occipital plate (hh) 4.5–6.3 mm; pileus length, dorsally from the tip of the snout to posterior margin of parietal and occipital scales (pl) 9.6–12 mm; length of the posterior half of the pileus (esd) 5.4–7 mm; mouth opening, from the tip of the snout to the end of the mouth (mo) 8.3–10.7 mm; total forelimb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (ffl) 13.5–17.8 mm; total hind limb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (hfl) 26.2–35.5 mm; trunk length, from the groin to the armpit (trl) 18.4–23.9 mm; length of the body from the tip of snout to the cloaca (svl) 39.8–47.6 mm and tail length (tl) 65–93.6 mm (the maximum snout-vent length is 47.6 mm in males and 47 mm in females). (Boroumand et al. 2024) 
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References
  • BOROUMAND, H., BAFTI, S. S., SABERI-PIROOZ, R. E. I. H. A. N. E. H., BÖHME, W., & AHMADZADEH, F. 2024. Description of six new species from Mesalina watsonana complex in the Iranian plateau and neighboring regions. Zootaxa 5501(1), 108-130 - get paper here
 
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