Mesalina ercolinii

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| status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mazuch, T. |year=2021 |author-link=species:Tomáš Mazuch |title=Mesalina ercolinii |volume=2021 |page=e.T21266362A21266378 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21266362A21266378.en |access-date=23 March 2022}}

| genus = Mesalina

| species = ercolinii

| authority = (Lanza & Poggesi, 1975)

| synonyms = *Eremias ercolinii
{{small|Lanza & Poggesi, 1975}}

Mesalina ercolinii
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Mesalina ercolinii is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.{{NRDB species|genus=Mesalina |species=ercolinii|accessdate=12 May 2019}}

Etymology

The specific name, ercolinii, is in honor of Italian ichthyologist Antonio Ercolini.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).

Description

M. ercolinii is rather large, and is short-legged. The holotype, an adult female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|6.6|cm|in|abbr=on}}.Lanza & Poggesi (1975).Arnold et al. (1998).

Reproduction

M. ercolinii is oviparous.

Mesalina ercolinii

Etymology

Description

Reproduction

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