Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae) Author Jiří Šmíd Author Jiří Moravec Author Václav Gvoždík Author Jan Štundl Author Daniel Frynta Author Petros Lymberakis Author Paschalia Kapli Author Thomas Wilms Author Andreas Schmitz Author Mohammed Shobrak Author Saeed Hosseinian Yousefkhani Author Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani Author Aurora M. Castilla Author Johannes Els Author Werner Mayer text Zoologica Scripta 2017 2017-10-31 46 6 1 30 journal article 10.1111/zsc.12254 44b12099-59c0-4c00-b34c-c4f14d37ec56 1037920 Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874 Lectotype. BMNH 1946.8.6.25. Designated herein. Type locality: Tumb Island , Arabian / Persian Gulf , Iran . MorphoBank pictures: M407236–M407250.