Mesalina bahaeldini

Mesalina bahaeldini is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Egypt.[1]

Mesalina bahaeldini
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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

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]

Reproduction

M. bahaeldini is oviparous.[3]

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. 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. Species Mesalina bahaeldini at 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).
• 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.
• 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).