Mesalina ercolinii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

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

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Mesalina
Species: Mesalina ercolinii

Name

• Mesalina ercolinii (Lanza & Poggesi, 1975)

Holotype: MZUF 5253, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Bud-Bud (about 4°l2'N-46"28'E, 70 km S of El Bur, central Somalia).”

Combinations

• Eremias ercolinii Lanza & Poggesi, 1975: 305 [original combination]
• Mesalina ercolini – Arnold, Lanza, Poggesi & Corti, 1998: 239 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lanza, B. & Poggesi, M. 1975. On a new Eremias from central Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 6: 305–312. DOI: 10.1080/03749444.1975.10736821
• Arnold, E.N., Lanza, B., Poggesi, M., Corti, C. 1998. Notes on the anatomy and phylogenetic position of Eremias ercolinii Lanza & Poggesi 1975 (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Tropical Zoology 11(2): 235–240. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1998.10539366

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mesalina ercolinii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 March 2018.