© Rune Midtgaard
 
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Genus
Mesaspis
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Middle American Alligator Lizards, Highland Alligator Lizards
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Hochland-Alligatorschleichen*
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Centralamerikanske Alligatorøgler*
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1878 |  |
Mesaspis Cope (type species: Gerrhonotus moreleti Bocourt 1871) |
Contents:
7 species, of which 5 (71.4%) are endemic.
Remarks:
Previously included in
Gerrhonotus, and more recently,
Barisia (se remarks under
Gerrhonotus).
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Guerrero,
Oaxaca,
Veracruz),
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Mesaspis antauges
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Mount Orizaba Alligator Lizard
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Orizaba-Alligatorschleiche*
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Orizaba-alligatorøgle*
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1866 | |
Barissia antauges Cope |
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Gerrhonotus antauges Boulenger 1885 |
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Mesaspis antauges Liner 1994 |
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1878 | |
Pterogasterus modestus Cope (Good 1988; Solano-Zavaleta, Luz & Clause 2017) |
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Barisia modesta Waddick & Smith 1974 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Veracruz).
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Mesaspis cuchumatanus
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Cuchumatanes Alligator Lizard
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Cuchumatanes-Alligatorschleiche*
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Cuchumatanes-alligatorøgle*
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2016 | |
Mesaspis cuchumatanus Solano-Zavaleta, Nieto-Montes de Oca & Campbell |
Distribution:
Guatemala.
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Mesaspis gadovii
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Omilteme Alligator Lizard*, (Gadow's Alligator Lizard)
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Omilteme-Alligatorschleiche*
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Omilteme-alligatorøgle*
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1913 | |
Gerrhonotus gadovii Boulenger |
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Barisia gadovii Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis gadovii Liner 1994 |
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1949 | |
Barisia gadovii levigata Tihen |
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Gerrhonotus gadovii levigata Wermuth 1969 |
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Mesaspis gadovii levigata Liner 1994 |
Other common names:
gadovii: Common Gadow's Alligator Lizard
levigata: Smooth Alligator Lizard
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero,
Oaxaca).
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Mesaspis juarezi
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Sierra Juarez Alligator Lizard
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Juarez-Alligatorschleiche*
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Juarez-alligatorøgle*
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Barisia juarezi Karges & Wright |
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Mesaspis juarezi Liner 1994 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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Mesaspis monticola
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Pico Blanco Alligator Lizard*
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Pico Blanco-Alligatorschleiche*
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Pico Blanco-alligatorøgle*
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1877 | |
Gerrhonotus monticolus Cope |
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Barisia monticola Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis monticola Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 |
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1907 | |
Gerrhonotus alfaroi Stejneger (Taylor 1956) |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Panama.
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Mesaspis moreletii
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Peten Alligator Lizard*, (Morelet's Alligator Lizard)
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Peten-Alligatorschleiche*
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Peten-alligatorøgle*
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1871 | |
Gerrhonotus moreletii Bocourt |
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Barisia moreleti Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis moreleti Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988 |
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1872 | |
Gerrhonotus fulvus Bocourt (Wermuth 1969) |
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Gerrhonotus moreletii fulvus Stuart 1943 |
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Barisia moreleti fulva Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis moreleti fulvus Good, Bauer & Günther 1993 |
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Gerrhonotus salvadorensis Schmidt (Wermuth 1969) |
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Gerrhonotus moreletii salvadorensis Dunn & Emlen 1932 |
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Barisia moreleti salvadorensis Tihen 1949 |
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Gerrhonotus moreleti rafaeli Hartweg & Tihen |
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Barisia moreleti rafaeli Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis moreleti rafaeli Liner 1994 |
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1946 | |
Gerrhonotus moreleti temporalis Hartweg & Tihen |
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Barisia moreleti temporalis Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis moreleti temporalis Liner 1994 |
Other common names:
rafaeli: Rafael's Alligator Lizard
temporalis: Temporal Alligator Lizard
Remarks:
Solano-Zavaleta & Nieto-Montes de Oca (2018) suggested that moreletii contains six evolutionary independent lineages, including four of the currently
recognized subspecies (moreletii, rafaeli, salvadorensis, temporalis) and two unnamed lineages in Honduras and Nicaragua, respectively.
However, the authors did not formally recognize these lineages as separate evolutionary species, pending further studies to support their results.
Distribution:
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas),
Nicaragua.
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Mesaspis viridiflava
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Dwarf Alligator Lizard
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Gelbgrüne Alligatorschleiche*
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Gulgrøn Alligatorøgle*
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1873 | |
Gerrhonotus viridiflavus Bocourt |
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Barisia viridiflava Tihen 1949 |
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Mesaspis viridiflava Liner 1994 |
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1876 | |
Gerrhonotus bocourti Peters (Smith & Taylor 1950) |
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1885 | |
Gerrhonotus obscurus Günther (Smith & Taylor 1950) |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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