Mesalina simoni

Mesalina simoni
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Mesalina
Species:	M. simoni
Binomial name
	Mesalina simoni; (Boettger, 1881)
Synonyms
	Podarces (Mesalina) simoni ; Boettger, 1881; Eremias olivieri simoni ; — Bons, 1959; Mesalina simoni ; — Arnold, 1986;

Mesalina simoni, known commonly as Simon's desert racer, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.

Etymology

The specific name, simoni, is in honor of Hans Simon who was a German collector of natural history specimens.

In Morocco M. simoni is found on the central coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

The natural habitat of M. simoni is rocky areas.

M. simoni is oviparous.

1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 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).

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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Mesalina simoni
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Mesalina
Species:	M. simoni
Binomial name
*Mesalina simoni* (Boettger, 1881)
Synonyms
Podarces (Mesalina) simoni Boettger, 1881 Eremias olivieri simoni — Bons, 1959 Mesalina simoni — Arnold, 1986