From the Jebel Samhan in Dhofar to the Yemen Mountains. 

Species:

Mesalina austroarabica  SINDACO et al., 2018

Synonyms:

Mesalina adramitana   ARNOLD, 1980

Mesalina spec.  VAN DER KOOIJ, 2001

Mesalina ayunensis   VAN DER KOOIJ, 2001

Mesalina adramitana   SINDACO & JEREMCENKO, 2008

Mesalina adramitana  GARDNER, 2013

Mesalina guttulata   KAPLI et al, 2015

Mesalina sp. 1   CARRANZA et al., 2018

Common names:

Südlicher Arabischer Wüstenrenner (German)
Southern Arabian Desert Lizard (English)

Types:

Holotype: MCCI R1611, Adult male, 4 January 2010, R. Sindaco, C. Grieco, A. Venchi leg. Paratypes. Two adult males and an adult female MCCI-R1624/1-3, same locality as the holotype, 19 November 2010, R. Sindaco, C. Grieco, A. Venchi leg.; a female (ONHM4331), same locality as the holotype, 30 April 2011, S. Carranza, E. Gómez-Díaz, F. Amat leg.; a male MCCI-R1810, Jebel Samhan at 17.1597°N, 54.8069°E WGS84, 1,594 m a.s.l., 14 October 2013, S. Carranza, M. Metallinou, R. Sindaco, J. Šmíd, R. Vasconcelos leg.; a male NMP6V-74966/1 and a young NMP6V-74966/2 Jebel Samhan at 17.1494°N, 54.9757°E WGS84, 233 m a.s.l., same date and collectors as MCCI-R1810.

Terra Typica:

Oman, Dhofar Governorate, Jebel Samhan at 17.1161°N, 54.7131°E WGS84 (about 16 km E of Tawi Atair), 1.321 m elevation.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Sindaco, R. & Simó-Riudalbas, M. & Sacchi, R. & Carranza, S. (2018) -  Systematics of the Mesalina guttulata species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Arabia with the description of two new species. -  Zootaxa, 4429 (3): 513-547.    

 
 

Oman, Yemen

 
 
 
 
 

Mesalina austroarabica  © 2010 Roberto Sindaco