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Mesalina balfouri Blanford 1881

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Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881)

Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri Blanford 1881: 467 —Locus typicus: “ Socotra ”. Eremias Balfouri. — Peters, 1882b: 45.

Eremias (Mesalina) Balfouri. — Taschenberg, 1883: 167. Eremias guttulata.— Anderson, 1898: 175, 177 (Tab.), 178 (Tab.). Eremias guttulata.— Boulenger, 1903: 84.

Eremias guttulata balfouri.— Neumann, 1905: 397. Eremias olivieri balfouri.— Haas, 1951: 276.

Mesalina balfouri.— Arnold, 1986a: [1243] 1254, Fig. 11h. Mesalina balfouri.— Joger, 2000: 343.

Mesalina cf. balfouri.— Joger, 2000: 343.

This lacertid lizard is the third most common diurnal species observed in Socotra after Pristurus sokotranus and Trachylepis socotrana.

Habitat. In Socotra Island we recorded it from coastal plains and shores up to 1030 m at Skand. Rösler & Wranik (2004) observed it at 980 m (Diksam) and 940–1045 m (Firmihin). This species is particularly common in open sandy areas, gravel and rock substrates, but it can be observed also in areas with good vegetation cover. On Darsa it is frequent in flat areas with dwarf bushes, while on Samha we found it in a stony hill.

Original data. Fig. 22. Socotra Island: NE Coast, Homhil, Momi plateau, Timeroh area, Go'o area, Wadi Di- Fa'rhoh, E Noged, Wadi Di Asrhon, Firmihin, Dheroh, Diksam plateau, SW Diksam, Central Noged, Qa'arah area, Qabheten area, Meyhah area, Plateau W of Qabhete, Neet, Shu'ab inland, Shu'ab area, Ma'alah plateau, Qeysoh, Qalansiyah inland, Ghubbah area, Mori West, Terr Ditrur, Mouri plain, Wadi Trubah, Skand, Kadheb E, Hadiboh plain, Howlef, Di Lishah area, Kariyah area, Rokeb area. Darsa Island. Samha Island.

Bibliographic data. Boulenger (1903), Steindachner (1903), Wranik (1998b), Schätti & Desvoignes 1999, Rösler & Wranik (2004).

General distribution. Endemic to Socotra, Samha and Darsa Islands.

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Published as part of Razzetti, Edoardo, Sindaco, Roberto, Grieco, Cristina, Pella, Francesca, Ziliani, Ugo, Pupin, Fabio, Riservato, Elisa, Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele, Butikofer, Luca, Suleiman, Ahmed Saeed & Al-Aseily, Badar Awadh, 2011, Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia), pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 2826 on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277271

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Biodiversity

Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Mesalina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Blanford
Species
balfouri
Taxon rank
species
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Mesalina balfouri Blanford, 1881 sec. Razzetti, Sindaco, Grieco, Pella, Ziliani, Pupin, Riservato, Pellitteri-Rosa, Butikofer, Suleiman & Al-Aseily, 2011

References

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  • Peters, W. C. H. (1882 b) Die von Herrn Dr. E. Riebeck auf Socotra gesammelten Reptilien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1882, 42 - 46.
  • Taschenberg, O. (1883) Beitrage zur Fauna der Insel Sokotra, vorzuglich nach dem von Herrn Dr. Emil Riebeck aus Halle a. S. gesammelten Materiale zusammengestellt von Dr. O. Taschenberg in Halle a. S. Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft, Leipzig, 56 (2), 157 - 185.
  • Anderson, J. (1898) Zoology of Egypt, Vol. 1 Reptilia and Batrachia. B. Quaritch, London, LVIII + 371 pp.
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  • Neumann, O. (1905) Uber nordost-afrikanische und arabische Kriechtiere. Zoologische Jahrbucher (Systematik), 22, 389 - 404.
  • Haas, G. (1951) Remarks on status of the lizard Eremias olivieri Audouin. Copeia, 1951, 274 - 276.
  • Arnold, E. N. (1986 a) The hemipenis of lacertid lizards: structure, variation and systematic implication. Journal of Natural History, 20, 1221 - 1257.
  • Joger, U. (2000) The reptile fauna of the Socotra Archipelago. In: Rheinwald, G. (Ed.), Isolated vertebrate communities in the tropics. Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 46, 337 - 356.
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  • Steindachner, F. (1903) Batrachier und Reptilien aus Sudarabien und Sokotra, gesammelt wahrend der sudarabische Expedition der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschften, Mat. - Naturw. kl., Wien, 112 7 - 14.
  • Wranik, W. (1998 b) Contributions to the herpetology of the Republic of Yemen. 4. Sokotra Island and southern Yemen mainland. Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden, 21,163 - 179.
  • Schatti, B. & Desvoignes, A. (1999) The herpetofauna of Southern Yemen and the Sokotra Archipelago. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis IV, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneve, 178 pp.