Mesalina kuri
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Mesalina
Species:
Name
Mesalina kuri Joger & Mayer, 2002: 502
- Holotype: HLMD-RA-2796-HT, ♀, collected by U. Joger on 18 February 1999.
- Type locality: “Abd al-Kuri Island, Yemen, west coast, 12°11’N, 53°14’E”.
Native distribution areas
- Yemen: Socotra Archipelago: Abd al-Kuri Island.
References
Primary references
- Joger, U. & Mayer, W. 2002. A new species of Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Abd al-Kuri, Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, and a preliminary molecular phylogeny for the genus Mesalina. Fauna of Arabia 19: 497–505. Reference page.
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 kuri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T199740A9124581. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T199740A9124581.en. Accessed on 17 June 2025.