Mesalina kuri Joger & Mayer, 2002

Mesalina kuri Joger & Mayer, 2002: 502 —Locus typicus: “Abd al-Kuri”. Eremias guttulata [partim].— Steindachner 1903: 12. Mesalina cf. balfouri .— Joger, 2000: 343.

Mesalina kuri . — Rösler & Wranik, 2004: 526, pl. 37. Mesalina kuri . — Rösler & Wranik, 2006a: 126.

Habitat. This lizard is common in flat areas on sandy or hardened ground with more or less dense scrubs; it is the geographical vicariant of M. balfouri in Abd al-Kuri.

Original data. Fig. 23. Abd al-Kuri Island.

Bibliographic data. Steindachner (1903), Joger & Mayer (2002), Rösler & Wranik (2004, 2006a).

General distribution. Endemic to Abd al-Kuri Island.

Remarks. This species, formerly included in Mesalina balfouri, has been recognized as an independent species based on morphological and molecular data.