Mesalina bahaeldini
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| name = Mesalina bahaeldini
| image = Mesalina_bahaeldini.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Mesalina
| species = bahaeldini
| authority = Segoli, Cohen & Y. Werner, 2002
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Mesalina bahaeldini is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Etymology
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The specific name, bahaeldini, is in honor of Egyptian zoologist Sherif M. Baha El Din, who is the husband of the late American-born herpetologist Mindy Baha El Din.Beolen, 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 bahaeldini, p. 14).
Habitat
The natural habitat of M. bahaeldini is rocky areas.
Reproduction
M. bahaeldini is oviparous.
Conservation status
M. bahaeldini is threatened by habitat loss.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.{{EMBL species|genus=Mesalina|species=bahaeldini}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Mesalina bahaeldini bahaeldini {{small|Segoli, Cohen & Y. Werner, 2002}}
- Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum {{small|Y. Werner & Ashkenazi, 2010}}
References
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Further reading
- Segoli M, Cohen T, Werner YL (2002). "A new lizard of the genus Mesalina from Mt. Sinai, Egypt (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Faunistiche Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 23 (9): 157–176. (Mesalina bahaeldini, new species, pp. 169–172).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. {{ISBN|978-88-89504-14-7}}.
- Werner YL, Ashkenazi S (2010). "Notes on some Egyptian Lacertidae, including a new subspecies of Mesalina, involving the Seligmann effect". Turkish Journal of Zoology 34: 123–133. (Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum, new subspecies).
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Category:Endemic fauna of Egypt
Category:Reptiles described in 2002
Category:Taxa named by Michal Segoli
Category:Taxa named by Tzahala Cohen
Category:Taxa named by Yehudah L. Werner
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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