Mesalina balfouri

Mesalina balfouri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Mesalina
Species:	M. balfouri
Binomial name
	Mesalina balfouri; (Blanford, 1881)
Synonyms [2]
	Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri; Blanford, 1881; Eremias guttulata balfouri; — Neumann, 1905; Mesalina olivieri balfouri; — Haas, 1951; Mesalina balfouri; — Arnold, 1986;

Last updated June 22, 2020

Mesalina balfouri is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, balfouri, is in honor of Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of M. balfouri are rocky areas and shrubland at altitudes of 0–1,045 m (0–3,428 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

M. balfouri is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 Sindaco R, Grieco C, Riservato E (2011). "Mesalina balfouri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199739A9124462. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199739A9124462.en. Downloaded on 12 May 2019.
1 2 3 Mesalina balfouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 12 May 2019.
↑ 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 balfouri, p. 15).

Blanford WT (1881). "Notes on the Lizards collected in Socotra by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1881: 464–469. ("Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri ", new species, pp. 467–469, Figure 2). (in English and Latin).
Bütikofer L, Sacchi R, Pupin F, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Razzetti E, Pella F, Fasola M (2013). "Sexual dimorphism and allometry of the lacertid Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881), endemic to the Archipelago of Socotra (Yemen)". Herpetozoa25 (3/4): 101–108. (in English, with an abstract in German).
Razzetti E, Sindaco R, Grieco C, Pella F, Ziliani U, Pupin F, Riservato E, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Bütikofer L, Suleiman AS, Al-Aseily BA, Carugati C, Boncompagni E, Fasola M (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa2826: 1-44. (Mesalina balfouri, p. 14).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Sindaco R, Grieco C, Riservato E (2011). "Mesalina balfouri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199739A9124462. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199739A9124462.en. Downloaded on 12 May 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Mesalina balfouri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 12 May 2019.

[3] 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 balfouri, p. 15).