Biology:Mesalina ercolinii
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Short description: Species of lizard
Mesalina ercolinii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Mesalina |
Species: | M. ercolinii
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Binomial name | |
Mesalina ercolinii (Lanza & Poggesi, 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.[2][1]
Etymology
The specific name, ercolinii, is in honor of Italian ichthyologist Antonio Ercolini.[3]
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).[4][5]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mesalina ercolinii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2019.
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- ↑ 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, 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q5089098 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesalina ercolinii.
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