Mesalina ercolinii is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Mesalina |
| Species: | M. ercolinii
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| Mesalina ercolinii | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, ercolinii, is in honor of Italian ichthyologist Antonio Ercolini.[3]
Description
editM. 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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
edit- 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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