Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, NW India (Thar desert). 

Species:

Mesalina watsonana  (STOLICZKA, 1872)

Synonyms:

Eremias (Mesalina) watsonana   STOLICZKA, 1872

Mesalina pardaloides   BLANFORD, 1874

Mesalina pardalis   BLANFORD, 1876

Mesalina watsonana   MURRAY, 1884

Eremias guttulata watsonana  SMITH, 1935

Common names:

Persischer Wüstenrenner (German)
Persian Long-Tailed Desert Lizard (English)

Types:

Syntypes: BMNH 74.4.29.1436/1946.8.7.75, ZSI 4929, 5050, 5223-5225, NMW, ZSI 5224–25, 4929, 5050, 5223

Terra Typica:

Between Karachi and Sukkur, Sind, Pakistan.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Stoliczka, F. (1872) -  Notes on reptiles collected by surgeon F. Day in Sind. -  Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1872: 85-92.     

  • Šmíd, J. (2009) -  Molekulární a morfologická variabilita Mesalina watsonana a Ophisops elegans (Squamata: Lacertidae) na Středním východě [Molecular and morphological variability of Mesalina watsonana and Ophisops elegans (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Middle East].  -  Univerzita Karlova v Praze Přírodovědecká Fakulta Katedra zoologie. 101 pp.   

  • Šmíd, J. & Frynta, D. (2012) -  Molecular variability of Mesalina watsonana (Reptilia: Lacertidae) on the Iranian plateau and its phylogenetic and biogeographic affinities inffered from mtDNA sequences. -  Acta Herpetologica, 7 (1): 139-153.    

  • Hosseinian Yousefkhani, S.S. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Rastegar-Pouyani, E. (2013) -  Morphological variation among populations of Mesalina watsonana (Stoliczka, 1872) (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Iran.  -  Turkish Journal of Zoology, Ankara, Turkey, 37 (6): 676-684.