Mesalina ercolinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
M. ercolinii
Binomial name
Mesalina ercolinii
(Lanza & Poggesi, 1975)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eremias ercolinii
    Lanza & Poggesi, 1975
  • Mesalina ercolinii
    — Arnold et al., 1998

Mesalina ercolinii is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, ercolinii, is in honor of Italian ichthyologist Antonio Ercolini.[3]

Description

M. ercolinii is rather large, and is short-legged. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.6 cm (2.6 in).[4][5]

Reproduction

M. ercolinii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Mazuch, T. (2021). "Mesalina ercolinii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21266362A21266378. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21266362A21266378.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Mesalina ercolinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesalina ercolinii, p. 84).
  4. ↑ Lanza & Poggesi (1975).
  5. ↑ Arnold et al. (1998).

Further reading

  • Arnold EN, Lanza B, Poggesi M, Corti C (1998). "Notes on the anatomy and phylogenetic position of Eremias ercolinii Lanza & Poggesi 1975 (Reptilia, Lacertidae)". Tropical Zoology 1: 235–240. (Mesalina ercolinii, new combination).
  • Lanza B, Poggesi M (1975). "On a new Eremias from central Somalia". Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Nuova Serie Supplemento 6 (16): 305–312. (Eremias ercolinii, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).



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