Mesalina simoni, known commonly as Simon's desert racer, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.
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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. simoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Mesalina simoni (Boettger, 1881)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, simoni, is in honor of Hans Simon who was a German collector of natural history specimens.[3]
Geographic range edit
In Morocco M. simoni is found on the central coast of the Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]
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Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Joger U [in German], Slimani T, El Mouden H, Geniez P (2006). "Mesalina simonii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61535A12509619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61535A12509619.en.
- ^ a b c Mesalina simoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 May 2013.
- ^ 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 simoni, p. 244).
Further reading edit
- Boettger O (1881). "Diagnoses Reptilium Novorum Maroccanorum ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 4: 570–572. ("Podarces (Mesalina) Simoni ", new species, pp. 571–572). (in Latin).
- 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 simoni, p. 428).
- 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.
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