Mesalina watsonana
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| image = Mesalina watsonana.jpg
| genus = Mesalina
| species = watsonana
| authority = (Stoliczka, 1872)
| synonyms = *Eremias (Mesalina) watsonana
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- Mesalina watsonana
{{small|— Murray, 1884}} - Eremias guttulata watsonana
{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1935}} - Mesalina guttulata watsonana
{{small|— Nilson & Andrén, 1981}} - Mesalina watsonana
{{small|— Bischoff, 1995}}
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Mesalina watsonana, known commonly known as the Persian long-tailed desert lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, watsonana, is in honor of "Mr. H.E. Watson" who was a Civil Officer in Pakistan.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 watsonana, p. 280).
Geographic range
Mesalina watsonana occurs in, from west to east, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.{{NRDB species|genus=Mesalina |species=watsonana|accessdate=12 May 2019}}
Reproduction
Mesalina watsonana is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Nilson G, Andrén C (1981). "Die Herpetofauna des Kavir-Schutzgebietes, Kavir-Wüste, Iran ". Salamandra 17 (3/4): 130–146. (Mesalina guttulata watsonana, p. 138). (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual image captions).
- 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}}.
- Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Eremias guttulata watsonana, pp. 389–390).
- Stoliczka F (1872). "Notes on Reptiles, collected by Surgeon F. Day in Sind". Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1872: 85–92. ("Eremias [Mesalina] Watsonana", new species, pp. 86–87).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1872
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka
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