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

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
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Common Names 
SynonymMesalina khuzestanensis BOROUMAND, BAFTI, SABERI-PIROOZ, BÖHME, & AHMADZADEH 2024: 112 
DistributionIran (Khuzestan)

Type locality: Iran, Khuzestan Province, Masjed Soleyman, Hajiabad village, (latitude: 31.783645 N, longitude: 49.514287 E, 445 m asl  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. Adult male, 18 September 2020, Hamid Boroumand (ZFMK 104015).
Paratypes. 2 females: same data as holotype (ZFMK 104016, ZFMK 104017) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. 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); 7 lower labials; shields of head often smooth; occipital present; a long, narrow shield at the upper anterior edge of the tympanic hole (the first scale after that is often larger than the others); two large transparent shields of lower eyelid edged with black ; scales on tibia smooth; ventral plates in 10 straight longitudinal series, ventral plates in 27–32 transverse rows; 46–47 dorsal granular scales across middle of back; collar complete, curved and serrated, 12 collars; 5 submaxillaries; 22 gulars; three supraoculars; 5 supraciliaries; row of granules separating supraoculars and supraciliaries incomplete; one very large preanal shield surrounded above and at the sides by several rows of smaller scales; 10–12 femoral pores on each side of the thigh, narrowly separated by 2–3 scales; 22 lamellae under 4th toe. Width of the head before the tympanic hole (hw) 6.9–7.6 mm; head length, from the tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the collar (hl) 17.4–18.2 mm; head height near the occipital plate (hh) 5.2–5.9 mm; pileus length, dorsally from the tip of the snout to posterior margin of parietal and occipital scales (pl) 10.8–11.7 mm; length of the posterior half of the pileus (esd) 5.8–6.4 mm; mouth opening, from the tip of the snout to the end of the mouth (mo) 9.5–10.9 mm; total forelimb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (ffl) 13.8–16.7 mm; total hind limb length, from the base to the tip of the 4th toe (hfl) 29–31.6 mm; trunk length, from the groin to the armpit (trl) 20.6–23.7 mm; length of the body from the tip of snout to the cloaca (svl) 46.5–48 mm and tail length (tl)77 mm (the maximum snout-vent length is 47.5 mm in males and 48 mm in females). (Boroumand et al. 2024) 
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  • 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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