Mesalina pasteuri, also known commonly as Pasteur's lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Mesalina |
| Species: | M. pasteuri
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesalina pasteuri (Bons, 1960)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, pasteuri, is in honor of French biologist Georges Pasteur.[3]
Geographic range edit
M. pasteuri occurs in Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Western Sahara.[2]
Habitat edit
Description edit
M. pasteuri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). The holotype, which measures 3.9 cm (1.5 in) SVL, has a tail 9.2 cm (3.6 in) long.[4]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Wilms, T.; Wagner, P.; Niagate, B.; Slimani, T.; Mateo, J.A.; El Mouden, E.H.; Geniez, P.; Joger, U.; Baha El Din, S. (2013). "Mesalina pasteuri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T198384A2523009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198384A2523009.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Mesalina pasteuri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mesalina pasteuri, p. 201).
- ^ Bons (1960).
Further reading edit
- Bons, Jacques (1960). "Description d'un nouveau lézard du Sahara: Eremias pasteuri, sp. nov. (Lacertidés) ". Comptes rendus des séances mensuelles de la Société des Sciences naturelles et physiques du Maroc (4): 69–71. (Eremias pasteuri, new species). (in French).
- Schleich, H. Hermann; Kästle, Werner; Kabisch, Klaus (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa: Biology, Systematics, Field Guide. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 627 pp. ISBN 978-3874293778. (Mesalina pasteuri, p. 423).
- Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
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