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Mesalina  Gray, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1155171

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyLacertidae  – Old World Runners, Lacertid Lizards  
                                  GenusMesalina Gray, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesMesalina adramitana (Boulenger, 1917) – Hadramaut Sand Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina arnoldi Sindaco, Simó-Riudalbas, Sacchi and Carranza, 2018  
                                     SpeciesMesalina austroarabica Sindaco, Simó-Riudalbas, Sacchi and Carranza, 2018  
                                     SpeciesMesalina ayunensis Arnold, 1980 – Ayun Sand Lizard, Arnold's Sand Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen and Werner, 2002  
                                     SpeciesMesalina balfouri (Blanford, 1881)  
                                     SpeciesMesalina bernoullii (Schenkel, 1901) – Bernoulli's Short-Nosed Desert Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874 – Blanford's Short-Nosed Desert Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina ercolinii (Lanza and Poggesi, 1975)  
                                     SpeciesMesalina guttulata (Lichtenstein, 1823) – Small-spotted Lizard, Desert Lacerta 
                                     SpeciesMesalina kuri Joger and Mayer, 2002  
                                     SpeciesMesalina martini (Boulenger, 1897) – Martin's Desert Racer 
                                     SpeciesMesalina microlepis (Angel, 1936) – Small-scaled Desert Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina olivieri (Audouin, 1829) – Olivier's Sand Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina pasteuri (Bons, 1960) – Pasteur's Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina rubropunctata (Lichtenstein, 1823) – Red-spotted Lizard 
                                     SpeciesMesalina saudiarabica Moravec, Smíd, Schmitz, Shobrak and Wilms, in Smíd et al., 2017  
                                     SpeciesMesalina simoni (Boettger, 1881)  
                                     SpeciesMesalina watsonana (Stoliczka, 1872) – Persian Long-Tailed Desert Lizard 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (May 2021), website (version May-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 28 May 2021   
  Reference for: Mesalina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, and Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani   
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: A New Species of Eremias (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Highlands of Kermanshah Province, Western Iran   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Asiatic Herpetological Research, vol. 9   
  Page(s): 107-112   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2095-0357   
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