Mesalina pasteuri

Mesalina pasteuri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Mesalina
Species:	M. pasteuri
Binomial name
	Mesalina pasteuri; (Bons, 1960)
Synonyms
	Eremias pasteuri ; Bons, 1960; Mesalina pasteuri ; — Szczerbak, 1975;

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.

Etymology

The specific name, pasteuri, is in honor of French biologist Georges Pasteur.

Geographic range

Mesalina pasteuri occurs in Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Western Sahara.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of Mesalina pasteuri is desert.

Description

Mesalina 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.

Reproduction

Mesalina pasteuri is oviparous.

References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 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).

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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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Mesalina pasteuri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2019.

[3] 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).

[4] Bons (1960).

Mesalina pasteuri
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Mesalina
Species:	M. pasteuri
Binomial name
*Mesalina pasteuri* (Bons, 1960)
Synonyms
Eremias pasteuri Bons, 1960 Mesalina pasteuri — Szczerbak, 1975