Mesalina bahaeldini

Mesalina bahaeldini is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Egypt.[1]

Mesalina bahaeldini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
M. bahaeldini
Binomial name
Mesalina bahaeldini
Segoli, Cohen & Y. Werner, 2002

Etymology

The specific name, bahaeldini, is in honor of Egyptian zoologist Sherif M. Baha El Din, who is the husband of the late American-born herpetologist Mindy Baha El Din.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of M. bahaeldini is rocky areas.[1]

Reproduction

M. bahaeldini is oviparous.[3]

Conservation status

M. bahaeldini is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

  • Mesalina bahaeldini bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Y. Werner, 2002
  • Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum Y. Werner & Ashkenazi, 2010

References

  1. Werner Y, Baha El Din S (2005). Mesalina bahaeldini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. 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 bahaeldini, p. 14).
  3. Species Mesalina bahaeldini at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Segoli M, Cohen T, Werner YL (2002). "A new lizard of the genus Mesalina from Mt. Sinai, Egypt (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Faunistiche Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 23 (9): 157–176. (Mesalina bahaeldini, new species, pp. 169–172).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
  • Werner YL, Ashkenazi S (2010). "Notes on some Egyptian Lacertidae, including a new subspecies of Mesalina, involving the Seligmann effect". Turkish J. Zool. 34: 123–133. (Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum, new subspecies).



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