Mesalina ercolinii
Mesalina ercolinii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Mesalina |
Species: | M. ercolinii
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Binomial name | |
Mesalina ercolinii (Lanza & , 1975)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
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).[3][4]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ 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).
Further reading[]
- 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).
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of Somalia
- Mesalina
- Reptiles described in 1975
- Taxa named by Benedetto Lanza
- Taxa named by Marta Poggesi
- Lacertidae stubs