Mesalina is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae.

Mesalina
Small-spotted lizard (Mesalina guttulata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Subfamily: Lacertinae
Genus: Mesalina
Gray, 1838
Species

20 species, see text.

Species

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The following 20 described species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mesalina.

References

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  1. ^ "Mesalina ". The Reptile Database. Reptile-database.cz

Further reading

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  • Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [First Series ] 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Mesalina, new genus, p. 282).