Biology:Mesalina balfouri
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Short description: Species of lizard
Mesalina balfouri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Mesalina |
Species: | M. balfouri
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Binomial name | |
Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Mesalina balfouri is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, balfouri, is in honor of Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour.[3]
Habitat
The preferred habitats of M. balfouri are rocky areas and shrubland at altitudes of 0–1,045 m (0–3,428 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Riservato, E. (2011). "Mesalina balfouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199739A9124462. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199739A9124462.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199739/9124462. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mesalina balfouri 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 balfouri, p. 15).
Further reading
- Blanford WT (1881). "Notes on the Lizards collected in Socotra by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 464–469. ("Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri ", new species, pp. 467–469, Figure 2). (in English and Latin).
- Bütikofer L, Sacchi R, Pupin F, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Razzetti E, Pella F, Fasola M (2013). "Sexual dimorphism and allometry of the lacertid Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881), endemic to the Archipelago of Socotra (Yemen)". Herpetozoa 25 (3/4): 101–108. (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Razzetti E, Sindaco R, Grieco C, Pella F, Ziliani U, Pupin F, Riservato E, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Bütikofer L, Suleiman AS, Al-Aseily BA, Carugati C, Boncompagni E, Fasola M (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa 2826: 1-44. (Mesalina balfouri, p. 14).
Wikidata ☰ Q5078211 entry
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