Mesalina bahaeldini

Mesalina bahaeldini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Mesalina
Species: M. bahaeldini
Binomial name
Mesalina bahaeldini
Segoli, Cohen & Y. Werner, 2002

Mesalina bahaeldini is a species of lizards in the family Lacertidae.

The species is endemic to Egypt.[1]

Etymology

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.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of M. bahaeldini is rocky areas.[1]

Conservation status

M. bahaeldini is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

  • Mesalina bahaeldini bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Y. Werner, 2002
  • Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum Y. Werner & Ashkenazi, 2010

References

  1. 1 2 3 Werner Y, Baha El Din S (2005). Mesalina bahaeldini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. ↑ 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 bahaeldini, p. 14).
  3. ↑ "Mesalina bahaeldini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).
  • Werner YL, Ashkenazi S (2010). "Notes on some Egyptian Lacertidae, including a new subspecies of Mesalina, involving the Seligmann effect". Turkish J. Zool. 34: 123-133. (Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum, new subspecies).


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