Red-spotted lizard

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| genus = Mesalina

| species = rubropunctata

| authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)

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The red-spotted lizard (Mesalina rubropunctata) is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. It occurs in Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Sudan.{{NRDB species|genus=Mesalina |species=rubropunctata|access-date=12 May 2019}}