Mesalina bahaeldini

Mesalina bahaeldini is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Mesalina bahaeldini
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

Mesalina bahaeldini from North Western Saudi Arabia

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.; El Din, S.B. (2006). "Mesalina bahaeldini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61534A12509520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61534A12509520.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Beolen, 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 Journal of Zoology 34: 123–133. (Mesalina bahaeldini curatorum, new subspecies).