Mesalina pasteuri

Mesalina pasteuri, also known commonly as Pasteur's lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa.

Mesalina pasteuri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
M. pasteuri
Binomial name
Mesalina pasteuri
(Bons, 1960)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eremias pasteuri
    Bons, 1960
  • Mesalina pasteuri
    — Szczerbak, 1975

Etymology

The specific name, pasteuri, is in honor of French biologist Georges Pasteur.[3]

Geographic range

M. pasteuri occurs in Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Western Sahara.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of M. pasteuri is desert.[1]

Description

M. pasteuri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). The holotype, which measures 3.9 cm (1.5 in) SVL, has a tail 9.2 cm (3.6 in) long.[4]

Reproduction

M. pasteuri is oviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Wilms T, Wagner P, Niagate B, Slimani T, Mateo JA, El Mouden EH, Geniez P, Joger U, Baha El Din S (2013). "Mesalina pasteuri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198384A2523009. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198384A2523009.en. Downloaded on 13 May 2019.
  2. Mesalina pasteuri 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 pasteuri, p. 201).
  4. Bons (1960).

Further reading
  • Bons, Jacques (1960). "Description d'un nouveau lézard du Sahara: Eremias pasteuri, sp. nov. (Lacertidés) ". Comptes rendus des séances mensuelles de la Société des Sciences naturelles et physiques du Maroc (4): 69–71. (Eremias pasteuri, new species). (in French).
  • Schleich, H. Hermann; Kästle, Werner; Kabisch, Klaus (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa: Biology, Systematics, Field Guide. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 627 pp. ISBN 978-3874293778. (Mesalina pasteuri, p. 423).
  • 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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