Mesalina balfouri
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
Name
Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881)
- Syntypes (n=4): BMNH 81.7.22.8-11.
- Type locality: “Socotra”.
Combinations
- Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri Blanford, 1881: 467 [original combination]
- Eremias guttulata balfouri — Neumann, 1905 [subsequent combination]
- Eremias olivieri balfouri — Haas, 1951 [subsequent combination]
- Mesalina olivieri balfouri — Szczerbak, 1975 [subsequent combination]
- Mesalina balfouri — Arnold, 1986 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
- Yemen: Socotra Archipelago: Socotra, Darsa and Samh islands.
References
Primary references
- Blanford, W.T. 1881. Notes on the lizards collected in Socotra by Professor l. Bayley Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 464–469. BHL
Additional references
- Razzetti, E., Sindaco, R., Grieco, C., Pella, F., Ziliani, U., Pupin, F., Riservato, E., Pellitteri-Rosa, D., Butikofer, L., Suleiman, A.S., Al-Aseily, B.A., Carugati, C., Boncompagni, E. & Fasola, M. 2011. Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia). Zootaxa 2826(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2826.1.1
Reference page. - Kapli, P., Lymberakis, P., Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P., Brito, J.C., Almutairi, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Schmitz, A., Wilms, T., Pouyani, N.R. & Poulakakis, N. 2015. Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East. Journal of Biogeography 42(2): 267–279. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12420 Reference page.
- Simó-Riudalbas, M., Tamar, K., Šmíd, J., Misti, P., Sindaco, R., Chirio, L. & Carranza, S. 2019. Biogeography of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae), with special emphasis on the Mesalina adramitana group from Arabia and the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 137: 300–312. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.023 Reference page.
Links
- Sindaco, R., Grieco, C. & Riservato, E. 2011. IUCN: Mesalina balfouri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199739A9124462. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199739A9124462.en. Accessed on 20 June 2025.