Mesalina balfouri explained
Mesalina balfouri is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Socotra.
Etymology
The specific name, balfouri, is in honor of Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour.[1]
Habitat
The preferred habitats of M. balfouri are rocky areas and shrubland at altitudes of 0-.
Reproduction
M. balfouri is oviparous.
Further reading
- Blanford WT (1881). "Notes on the Lizards collected in Socotra by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 464–469. ("Eremias (Mesalina) balfouri ", new species, pp. 467–469, Figure 2). (in English and Latin).
- Bütikofer L, Sacchi R, Pupin F, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Razzetti E, Pella F, Fasola M (2013). "Sexual dimorphism and allometry of the lacertid Mesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881), endemic to the Archipelago of Socotra (Yemen)". Herpetozoa 25 (3/4): 101–108. (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Razzetti E, Sindaco R, Grieco C, Pella F, Ziliani U, Pupin F, Riservato E, Pellitteri-Rosa D, Bütikofer L, Suleiman AS, Al-Aseily BA, Carugati C, Boncompagni E, Fasola M (2011). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago Herpetofauna (Reptilia)". Zootaxa 2826: 1-44. (Mesalina balfouri, p. 14).
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mesalina balfouri, p. 15).