Mesalina ercolinii

Mesalina ercolinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Mesalina
Species:	M. ercolinii
Binomial name
	Mesalina ercolinii; (Lanza & , 1975)
Synonyms
	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]

Etymology[]

The specific name, ercolinii, is in honor of Italian ichthyologist .^[2]

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).^[3]^[4]

M. ercolinii is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Mesalina ercolinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2019.
^ 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).
^ Lanza & Poggesi (1975).
^ Arnold et al. (1998).

Arnold EN, Lanza B, , (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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