Mesalina   GRAY, 1838

Mesalina   GRAY, 1838


          
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  • Abdelhadi, D. (2018) -  Contribution about the environment of El-Bayadh region in the southern-west of Algeria.  -  Advances in Environmental Biology, 12 (4): 1-5.   

  • Abu Baker, M. & Qarqaz, M. & Rifai, L. & Hamidan, N. & Al Omari, K. & Modry, D. & Amr, Z. (2004) -  Results of herpetofaunal inventory of Wadi Ramm protected area, with notes on some relict species. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 11 (1): 1-5    

  • Abukashawa, S.M.M. & Mahmoud, M.M. (2015) -  New record of the Small-spotted Lizard, Mesalina guttulata (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823) from Dongonab Bay, Red Sea. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 22 (3): 219-223.     

  • Aengals, R. & Sathish Kumar, V.M. & Jafer Palot, M. (2012) -  Updated Checklist of Indian Reptiles. -  Zoological Survey of India. 24 pp.  

  • Afrasiab, S.R. & Ali, H.A. (1989) -  Report on a collection of reptiles from Rumaila Desert, South of Iraq. -  Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus., 8 (2): 65-73.     

  • Ahmadzadeh, F. & Lymberakis, P. & Saberi Pirouza, R. & Kapli, P. (2017) -  The evolutionary history of two lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae) is linked to the geological development of Iran.  -  Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, 270: 49-56.     

  • Al-Badry, K.S. (1975) -  Haematological studies on some reptiles from Kuwait. Part 3. Some corpuscular constants, blood glucose, total plasma protein and electrophoretic examination of blood proteins of the lizards Acanthodactylus scutellatus and Eremias brevirostris. -  Kuwait Journal of Science, 2 (1): 159-165.    

  • Al-Barazengy, A.N. & Salman, A.O. & Abdul Hameed, F.T. (2015) -  Updated list of amphibians and reptiles in Iraq 2014. -  Bulletin of the Iraq natural History Museum, 13 (4): 29-40.    

  • Al-Quran, S. (2010) -  A herpetofaunal survey of Southern Jordan. -  Herpetological Bulletin 112 : 7-13.    

  • Al-Sheikhly, O.F. (2001) -  Chapter 45. A Preliminary Pictorial Guide to the Herpetofauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin. -  In: Jawad, L.A. (ed.): Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Their Environment from Headwaters to Mouth.- Aquatic Ecology Series, Volume 11: 1007 – 1040.    

  • Al-Sirhan, A. (2008) -  First record of the Small-spotted Desert Lizard, Mesalina guttulata (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Sauria: Lacertidae), from Kuwait. -  Zoology in the Middle East, Heidelberg, 45 (1): 110-111.   

  • Alatawi, A.S. & Gilbert, F. & Reader, T. (2020) -  Modelling terrestrial reptile species richness, distributions and habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia.  -  Journal of Arid Environments, 178 (2020) 104153 (early view) 9 pp.     

  • Almutairi, M.S. (2014) -  Comparative Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Arabian Peninsula lizards. -  A thesis submitted to Bangor University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Bangor University School of Biological Sciences. 167 pp.     

  • Aloufi, A.A. & Amr, Z.S. & Abu Baker, M.A. (2021) -  Reptiles and amphibians of Al Madinah Al Munawwarah Province, Saudi Arabia. -  Reptiles and amphibians of Al Madinah Al Munawwarah Province, Saudi Arabia. - Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (3): 123-137.     

  • Aloufi, A.A. & Amr, Z.S. & Abu Baker, M.A. (2022) -  Reptiles from ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid and Harat al Harrah protected areas in Saudi Arabia. -  Herpetology Notes, 15: 483-491.    

  • Alqahtani, A.R.M. (2018) -  Lizard Community in Tathleeth District of Southwestern Saudi Arabia. -  Egypt. Acad. J. Biolog. Sci., 10 (1): 29-34.     

  • Alshammari, A.M. & Ibrahim, A.A. (2015) -  Lizards and snakes in the historical Faid Protected Area (Faid Hema), Ha`il region, Saudi Arabia. -  Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 10 (3): 1021-1029.    

  • Amr, Z.S. & Al-Oran, R. & Disi, A.M. (1994) -  Reptiles of southern Jordan. -  The Snake, 26: 41-49.  

  • Amr, Z.S. & Al-Sirhan Alenezi, A. & Al-Sayegh, M.T. & Abu Baker, M.A. (2021) -  Reptiles and amphibians of the State of Kuwait. -  Bonn zoological Bulletin 70 (2): 253–272.    

  • Ananjeva, N.B. & Darevsky, I.S. (2004) -  Atlas of reptiles of the North Eurasia: taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation status. -  Zoological Institute RAS, St-Petersburg: 103 pp.  

    Ананьева Н.Б. & Даревский И.С. (2004) -  Атлас пресмыкающихся Северной Евразии. -  Зоологический институт РАН, Санкт-Петербург. 103 с.  

  • Ananjeva, N.B. & Orlov, N.L. & Khalikov, R.G. & Darevsky, I.S. & Ryabov, S.A. & Barabanov, A.V. (2006) -  Persian Long-tailed Sand Lizard Mesalina watsonana (STOLICZKA, 1872). -  In: The Reptiles of Northern Eurasia. Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. p. 110.    

  • Ananjeva, N.B. & Tsellarius, A.Yu. (1986) -  On the Factors Determining Desert Lizards` Diet. -  In: Rocek, Z. (ed.): Studies in Herpetology. Prague 1986: 445-448.  

  • Anderson, J. (1895) -  On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Colonel Yerbury at Aden and its neighbourhood. -  Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895: 635-663.  

  • Anderson, J. (1896) -  A contribution to the herpetology of Arabia, with a preliminary list of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt. -  R.H. Porter, London. 222 S.  

  • Anderson, J. (1898) -  Zoology of Egypt. Vol. 1. Reptilia and Batrachia. -  London: B. Quaritch, LVIII + 371 pp.  

  • Anderson, J. (1901) -  A list of the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained by Mr. A. Blayney Percival in Southern Arabia. -  Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1901 (2): 137-152.  

  • Anderson, S.C. (1963) -  Amphibians and reptiles from Iran. -  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series, 31 (16): 417-498.    

  • Anderson, S.C. (1968) -  Zoogeographic analysis of the lizard fauna of Iran. -  In: The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume I: The Land of Iran. pp. 305-371.   

  • Anderson, S.C. (1974) -  Preliminary key to the turtles, lizards, and amphisbaenians of Iran. -  Fieldiana: Zoology, 65 (4): 27-44.    

  • Anderson, S.C. (1999) -  The lizards of Iran.  -  Contributions to Herpetology Volume 15. Society for he Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Saint Louis/Missouri: i-vii. 442 pp.  

  • Anderson, S.C. (1999) -  Mesalina brevirostris brevirostris Blanford, 1874. -  In: Lizards of Iran. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Oxford, Ohio: 249-250.   

  • Anderson, S.C. (1999) -  Mesalina brevirostris fieldi (Haas and Werner, 1969). -  In: Lizards of Iran. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Oxford, Ohio: 250-251.   

  • Anderson, S.C. (1999) -  Mesalina watsonana (Stoliczka, 1872). -  In: Lizards of Iran. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Oxford, Ohio: 251-254.   

  • Anderson, S.C. (2000) -  Preliminary Observations and Comments on Syntopic Occurrence of Lizards in Iran. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, 7 (3): 236-238.    

  • Anderson, S.C. & Leviton, A.E. (1969) -  Amphibians and reptiles collected by the Street expedition to Afghanistan, 1965. -  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series, 37 (2): 25-56.    

  • Andersson, L.G. (1903) -  List of Reptiles and Batrachians collected by The Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt, the Sudan and the Sinaitic Peninsula. -  In: Jägerskiöld, L.A. (Ed.), Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901 under the direction of L. A. Jägerskiöld. Royal University Library, Uppsala (4):1-12.   

  • Angel, F. (1923) -  Reptiles du Sahara, rapportés par la Mission du Colonel Hovart. Description d’un Ophidien nouveau du genre Rhamphiophis. -  Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat., 1923 (3): 205-208.   

  • Angel, F. (1936) -  Reptiles et batraciens de syrie et de Mésopotamie récoltés par m. P. Pallary. -  Bulletin de L’Institut D’Egypte, 18: 107-116.  

  • Angel, F. (1939) -  Deuxième liste des reptiles du Rio de Oro et de Mauritanie recueillis par la Mission d`Etudes de la Biologie des Acridiens (1937-1938). -  Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. paris, (Sér. 2) 11: 49-50.   

  • Angel, F. (1944) -  Contribution a l`etude de la faune herpetologique du Sahara Central. -  Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris). (2) 16(6): 418-419.   

  • Argaz, H. & Brito, J.C. & Fahd, S. & Martinez-Freiria, F. & Boudajbir, C. & Geniez, P. (2020) -  Atlas des amphibiens et reptiles endémiques du Maroc: répartition et état de conservation. -  Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France, 176: 61-94.     

  • Arnold, E.N. (1980) -  The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1977 (Dhofar). The reptiles and amphibians of Dhofar, southern Arabia. -  Journal of Oman Studies, Special report, 2: 273-332.    

  • Arnold, E.N. (1984) -  Ecology of lowland lizards in the eastern united Arab Emirates. -  Journal of Zoology, 204: 329 - 354.    

  • Arnold, E.N. (1984) -  Evolutionary aspects of tail shedding in lizards and their relatives. -  Journal of Natural History, 18: 127-169.     

  • Arnold, E.N. (1986) -  The hemipenis of lacertid lizards (Reptilia:Lacertidae): structure, variation and systematic implications. -  Journal of Natural History, London, 20: 1221-1257.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1986) -  A key and annotated check list to the lizards and amphisbaenians of Arabia. -  Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 8: 385-435.  

  • Arnold, E.N. (1986) -  Why copulatory organs provide so many useful taxonomic characters: the origin and maintenance of hemipenial differences in lacertid lizards. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 29 (4): 263-281.    

  • Arnold, E.N. (1987) -  Zoogeography of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Arabia.  -  In: Krupp, F., W. Schneider & R. Kinzelbach (Eds.): Proceedings of the Symposium on the Fauna and Zoogeography of the Middle East - BEIHEFTE ZUM TÜBINGER ATLAS DES VORDEREN ORIENTS, Reihe A (Naturwissenschaften) Nr. 28: 245-256.     

  • Arnold, E.N. (2002) -  History and function of scale microornamentation in lacertid lizards. -  Journal of Morphology, 252 (2): 145-169.    

  • Arnold, E.N. & Arribas, O. & Carranza, S. (2007) -  Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. -  Zootaxa, 1430: 1-86.    

  • Arnold, E.N. & Lanza, B. & Poggesi, M. & Corti, C. (1998) -  Notes on the anatomy and phylogenetic position of Eremias ercolinii LANZA & POGGESI 1975 (Reptilia Lacertidae). -  Tropical Zoology, 11: 235-240.  

  • Arnold, N. (2004) -  The morphological context of current research on Mediterranean lacertid lizards.  -  In: Corti, C. & P. Lo Cascio (eds.): 5th International Symposium on the Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin, 7-11 May 2004, Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy: 4.   

  • Arribas, O.J. (2012) -  The Ultraviolet Photography of Nature: Techniques, Material and (especially) Lacertini results -  Butlletí de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia, Barcelona, 20: 72-114.    

  • Atkins, J.D. & Franz-Odendaal, T.A. (2016) -  The sclerotic ring of squamates: an evo-devo-eco perspective. -  Journal of Anatomy, 229: 503-513.    

  • Audouin, J.V. (1829) -  Lacerta scutellata et Lacerta olivieri. -  In: Savignyi, M.J.C.L. de (ed.): Description de l’Egypte, Reptiles, Suppl., Paris. pp. 172, 174-175. pl. I.   

  • Audouin, V. (1809) -  Explication des planches de reptiles (supplément) publiées par Jules-César Savigny.  -  Description de l`Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte, pendant l`expedition de l`armée française, publiee par les ordres de Sa Majesté l`Empereur Napoleon le Grand. Histoire naturelle. Tome premier: 161-264.  

  • Autum, O. & Eason, P. & Cobbs, G. & Baha El Din, S.M. (2006) -  Response of a desert lizard community to habitat degradation: do ideas about habitat specialists/generalists hold? -  Biological Conservation 133 (1): 52-62.     

  • Aviad, B. & Haimovitch, G. (2012) -  A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Israel. -  Pazbar LTD 1989, Tel Aviv. 246 pp.  

  • Baeckens, S. & Edwards, S. & Huyghe, K. & Van Damme, R. (2015) -  Chemical signalling in lizards: an interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114 (1): 44-57.    

  • Baeckens, S. & Garcia-Roa, R. & Martin, J. & Damme, J. van (2017) -  The role of diet in shaping the chemical signal design of lacertid lizards. -  Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43 (9): 902-910.    

  • Baha El Din (1992) -  Notes on the herpetology of North Sinai. -  British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 41: 9-11.   

  • Baha El Din, S. & Attum, O. (2000) -  The herpetofauna of Zaranik protected area, Egypt, with notes on their ecology and conservation. -  Herpetological Bulletin, 73: 17-21.   

  • Baha El Din, S.M. (1995) -  On the discovery of Mesalina pasteuri (BONS, 1960) in the Egyptian western desert. -  British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 52: 30-32.  

  • Baha El Din, S.M. (2006) -  A guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Egypt.  -  The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo. xvi + 359 pp.  

  • Balletto, E. (1968) -  Contributo alla Biogeografia della Somalia. -  Bollettino dei Musei e Degli Istituti Biologici dell`Università di Genova, 26: 192-280.  

  • Bar, A. & Haimovitch, G. & Meiri, S. (2021) -  Family Lacertidae True lizards.  -  In: Bar, A., Haimovitch, G. & S. Meiri (eds.): Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Israel. – Edition Chimaira Vol. 87, Frankfurt/Main. p 151.   

  • Baran, I. & Kumlutas, Y. & Taskavac, E. & Avci, A. (2002) -  First record of Blanford´s Short-nosed Desert Lizard Mesalina brevirostris BLANFORD, 1874, from Anatolia. -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 15 (3/4): 171-178.    

  • Bauer, A.M. & Günther, R. (1995) -  An annotated type catalogue of the lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. -  Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 71: 37-62.    

  • Beddek, M. (2017) -  Déficit de connaissances de la biodiversité et biologie de la conservation: Le cas de l’herpétofaune d’Algérie.  -  Thesis. Université de Montpellier. 188 pp     

  • Benelkadi, H.A. & Mammeri, A. & Amroun, M. (2021) -  Biogeography, inventory and new data on reptiles of M’sila region, Algeria. -  Zoology and Ecology, 31(2): 86-97.     

  • Bischoff, W. (1991) -  Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 4. Die Gattungen Latastia, Meroles, Mesalina, Nucras, Ophisops, Pedioplanis und Philochortus. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn/Bremen, 1991 (4): 17-25.  

  • Bischoff, W. (2001) -  Übersicht der Arten und Unterarten der Familie Lacertidae. 6. Nachtrag. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 12 (1): 17-25.  

  • Bischoff, W. (2004) -  Das Portrait. Mesalina rubropunctata (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823) – Hammada-Wüstenrenner. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 15 (3): 91-93.  

  • Bischoff, W. (2018) -  Lacertiden-Beobachtungen in Dhofar / Oman.  -  Die Eidechse, Magdeburg / Hamburg. – 29 (1): 12-18.  

  • Bischoff, W. & Schmidtler, J.F. (1994) -  Ergebnisse zweier Lacertiden-Exkursionen nach Syrien. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn/Bremen, 5 (12): 4-22.    

  • Blanc, C.P. (1980) -  Notes sur les reptiles de Tunisie: VI. – Observations sur la morphologie et les biotopes des Mesalina (Reptilia:Lacertidae).  -  Compte rendu sommaire des séances de la Société de biogéographie, 56 (491): 53-61.     

  • Blanc, C.P. (1986) -  Le Peuplement en Reptiles de l`Extrême-Sud Tunisien. -  Amphibia-Reptilia, 7 (4): 385-389.  

  • Blanc, C.P. (1988) -  Biogeographie des reptiles des Iles Zembra et Zembretta. -  Bull. Ecol., 19 (2-3): 255-258.     

  • Blanc, C.P. & Nouira, S. (1988) -  Faune herpétologique des Iles Kerkennah: Inventaire, distribution et zoogeographie. -  Bulletin d’Écologie, 19 (2-3): 259-263.    

  • Blanford, W.T. (1874) -  Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistan. -  The Annals and magazine of natural history, (4) 14: 31-35.  

  • Blanford, W.T. (1874) -  Description of Mesalina brevirostris.  -  In: “Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistan”. The Annals and magazine of natural history, (4) 14: 31-35.   

  • Blanford, W.T. (1876) -  Reptilia. -  In: Eastern Persia. An account of the Journeys of the Persian Commission 1870-71-72. Vol. II The Zoology and Geology. 140 pp.  

  • Blanford, W.T. (1881) -  Notes on the lizards collected in Socotra by Prof. I. Bayley Balfour. -  Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 464-469.  

  • Blondheim, S. & Werner, Y.L. (1989) -  Lizard predation by the Widow spiders Latrodectus pallidus and L. revivensis (Theridiidae). -  British Herpetological Society Bulletin, 30: 26-28.  

  • Boettger, O. (1881) -  Diagnoses Reptilium novorum Maroccanorum. -  Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, 4 (73): 570-572.     

  • Bogaerts, S. & Pasmans, F. & Barosso, D.D. (2002) -  Über einige Lacertiden aus Marokko und Tunesien. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 13 (3): 77-84.   

  • Böhme, W. & Wilms, T. & Nickel, H. & Merz, M. (2001) -  Bericht über eine herpetologische Forschungsreise in die westliche Sahara und ihre Randgebiete. -  Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoo, 44 (3): 117-131.  

  • Bons, J. (1959) -  Les lacertiliens du Sud-Ouest marocain: systématique, répartition géographique, éthologie, écologie. -  Travaux de l’Institut Scientifique Chérifien - Série Zoologie N°18. 130 pp.   

  • Bons, J. (1959) -  Eremias guttulatus olivieri Audoin 1829 «Eremias à gouttelettes». -  In: Les Lacertiliens du sud-ouest Marocain. – Trav. Inst. Sci. Chérifien (Zool.), 18: 79-84.   

  • Bons, J. (1959) -  Eremias rubropunctata Lichenstein 1823 «Eremias à taches rouges». -  In: Les Lacertiliens du sud-ouest Marocain. – Trav. Inst. Sci. Chérifien (Zool.), 18: 84-85.   

  • Bons, J. (1960) -  Description d´un nouveau lézard du Sahara: Eremias pasteuri sp.nov. -  Comptes rendus des séances mensuelles, Societé des Scienes Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 1960 (4): 69-71.  

  • Bons, J. (1960) -  Aperçu sur le peuplement herpétologique du Maroc Orientale. -  Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Phys. Maroc, 40: 53-75.   

  • Bons, J. (1972) -  Herpétologie Marocaine I: Liste commentée des amphibiens et reptiles du Maroc.  -  Bulletin de la Societé des Scienes Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 52 (3/4): 107-126.    

  • Bons, J. & Bons, N. (1959) -  Sur la faune herpétologique des Doukkala. -  Bulletin de la Societé des Scienes Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 39 (2): 117-128.  

  • Bons, N. (1973) -  Herpetologie Morocaine II, Origines, évolution et particularités du peuplement herpetologique du Maroc. -  Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Phys. Maroc, 53: 63–110.   

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    Боркин Л.Я. & Даревский И.С. (1987) -  Список амфибий и рептилий фауны СССР // Амфибии и рептилии заповедных территорий. -  Сборник научных трудов. Mосква: ЦНИЛ Главохоты РСФСР: 128-141.  

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  • Bosch, H.A.J. in den (2001) -  Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874 (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Lebanon, with data on reproduction -  Zoology in the Middle East, Heidelberg, 23 (1): 31-46.    

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  • Bosch, H.A.J. in den (2006) -  Note on the reproduction of a pair of Egyptian Mesalina olivieri (Audouin, 1829). -  Pod@rcis, 7 (1/2): 2-6.    

  • Bou-Resli, M.N. (1981) -  Ultrastructural studies on the nucleoli of the follicle cells in the Lizards Acanthodactylus scutellatus hardyi and Eremias brevirostris. -  Cell and Tissue Research, 214 (1): 169-180.  

  • Bouazza, A. (2018) -  Les amphibiens et reptiles des zones humides de Dar Bouazza. -  Go-South Bull., 15: 49-52.   

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1887) -  Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III. Lacertidae. -  London, 1887: I-XII + 1-118.    

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1889) -  Reptiles and Batrachians. -  In: Aitchison, J. E. T., The Zoology of the Afghan Delimitation Commission. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, ser. 2, 5: 94-106.   

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1891) -  Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand Lataste.  -  Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 13 (3): 93-164.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1891) -  Notes on Transcaspian Reptiles. -  Proc. zool. Soc., London: 628.   

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1896) -  A list of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. Ragazzi in Shoa and Eritrea. -  Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova, (2) 16: 545-554.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1897) -  Description of a new lizard from Obok. -  The Annals and magazine of natural history, (6) 19: 467-468.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1917) -  Descriptions of new lizards of the family Lacertidae. -  The Annals and magazine of natural history (8) 19: 277-279.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1921) -  Monograph of the Lacertidae. Vol. II. -  British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. London. 451 pp.  

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1923) -  Etude sur les batraciens et les reptiles rapportés par M. Henri Gadeau de Kerville de son voyage zoologique en Syrie. -  Voyage zoologique d`Henri Gadeau de Kerville en Syrie (avril-juin 1908) 4: 41-55 + pl.   

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