Mesalina bahaeldini
Mesalina bahaeldini | |
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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.
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
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 2 3 Werner Y, Baha El Din S (2005). Mesalina bahaeldini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "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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