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Mesalina balfouri

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Species of lizard

Mesalina balfouri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Mesalina
Species: M. balfouri
Binomial name
Mesalina balfouri
(Blanford, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri
    Blanford, 1881
  • Eremias guttulata balfouri
    — Neumann, 1905
  • Mesalina olivieri balfouri
    — Haas, 1951
  • Mesalina balfouri
    — Arnold, 1986

Mesalina balfouri is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.

Etymology

The specific name, balfouri, is in honor of Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of M. balfouri are rocky areas and shrubland at altitudes of 0–1,045 m (0–3,428 ft).

Reproduction

M. balfouri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Mesalina balfouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T199739A9124462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199739A9124462.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mesalina balfouri 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 balfouri, p. 15).

Further reading

  • Blanford WT (1881). "Notes on the Lizards collected in Socotra by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 464–469. ("Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri ", new species, pp. 467–469, Figure 2). (in English and Latin).
  • Bütikofer L, Sacchi R, Pupin F, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Razzetti E, Pella F, Fasola M (2013). "Sexual dimorphism and allometry of the lacertid Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881), endemic to the Archipelago of Socotra (Yemen)". Herpetozoa 25 (3/4): 101–108. (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • Razzetti E, Sindaco R, Grieco C, Pella F, Ziliani U, Pupin F, Riservato E, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Bütikofer L, Suleiman AS, Al-Aseily BA, Carugati C, Boncompagni E, Fasola M (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa 2826: 1-44. (Mesalina balfouri, p. 14).


Taxon identifiers
Mesalina balfouri


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