Mesalina bahaeldini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
Subspecies (2): M. b. bahaeldini – M. b. curatorum

Mesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002: 169

Holotype: HUJ R-10712, ♂, collected by Dan Birnboim on 20 November 1968.
Type locality: “Near St. Catherine Monastery, Sinai, Egypt (Israeli Grid 049776; 1500 m a.s.l.)”.

Segoli, M., Cohen, T. & Werner, Y.L. 2002. A new lizard of the genus Mesalina from Mt. Sinai, Egypt (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen 23(1): 157–176. Reference page.

Kapli, P., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Mantziou, G., Parmakelis, A. & Mylonas, M. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: Another case of paraphyly? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(1): 102–110. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.016 Reference page.
Werner, Y.L. & Ashkenazi, S. 2010. Notes on some Egyptian Lacertidae, including a new subspecies of Mesalina, involving the Seligmann effect. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34(2): 123–133. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-0905-8 Reference page.
Sindaco, R., Simó-Riudalbas, M., Sacchi, R. & Carranza, S. 2018. Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4429(3): 513–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.4 Reference page.

Werner, Y. & El Din, S.B. 2006. IUCN: Mesalina bahaeldini (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61534A12509520. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61534A12509520.en. Accessed on 17 June 2025.