Mesaspis

Mesaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Anguidae
Subfamily:	Gerrhonotinae
Genus:	*Mesaspis* Cope, 1877
Species
Six, see text.

Mesaspis is a genus of lizards in the family Anguidae.^[1]

Geographic range

The genus Mesaspis is native to México and Central America.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]^[2]

Mesaspis antauges (Cope, 1866)
Mesaspis gadovii (Boulenger, 1913)
Mesaspis juarezi (Karges & Wright, 1987)
Mesaspis monticola (Cope, 1878)^[1]
Mesaspis moreletii (Bocourt, 1871) – Morelet's alligator lizard
Mesaspis viridiflava (Bocourt, 1873)

References

1 2 3 4 Mesaspis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Consulted: 7-04-2012
↑ "Mesaspis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

Further reading

Cope ED (1878). "Tenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proc. American Philos. Soc. 17: 85-98. [1877]. (Mesaspis, new genus, p. 96).

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