Mesalina olivieri

Mesalina olivieri, also known commonly as Olivier's sand lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa and the Middle East.

Mesalina olivieri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
M. olivieri
Binomial name
Mesalina olivieri
(Audouin, 1829)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta olivieri
    Audouin, 1829
  • Eremias guttulata olivieri
    — Boulenger, 1921
  • Eremias olivieri
    — Papenfuss, 1969
  • Mesalina olivieri
    — Szczerbak, 1975

Etymology

The specific name, olivieri, is in honor of French entomologist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier.[3]

Geographic range

M. olivieri occurs in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of M. olivieri are desert, grassland, and shrubland at altitudes of 0–1,000 m (0–3,281 ft).[1]

Reproduction

M. olivieri is oviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Wilms T, Wagner P, Niagate B, Al Johany AMH, Amr ZSS, Baha El Din S, Disi AM, Böhme W (2018). "Mesalina olivieri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T164667A1065571. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T164667A1065571.en. Downloaded on 13 May 2019.
  2. Mesalina olivieri 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 olivieri, p. 194).

Further reading
  • Audouin, "Victor [sic]" (1829). "Explication sommaire des Planches de Reptiles (supplément), Publiées par Jules-César Savigny, Membre de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres avec la distinction des espèces ". pp. 97-140. In: [Commission des sciences et arts de l'Égypte ] (1829). Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypt pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Second édition dédiée au Roi. Tome vingt-quatrieme [Volume 24] Histoire naturelle, Zoologie. Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke. 579 pp. (Lacerta olivieri, new species, pp. 122-125). (in French).
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (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.
  • Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).



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