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Family Gekkonidae 
Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758:202) 
1758 Lacerta turcica Linnaeus, Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, 
Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Lau- 
rentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm], Sweden. (4) + 823 + (I) pp. 
Holotype. — Specimen figured on pi. 204 in Edwards (1751) fide Bauer (2012), unknown fide McCoy 
(1970), unlocated fide Anderson (1999), “in Oriente” [stated to be “Tiirkei” by Mertens and Muller (1928, 
1940); restricted to “Cairo, Egypt” without comment by Smith and Taylor (1950a,b) and to “Turkey in Asia” 
by Schmidt (1953)]. 
Hemidactylus turcicus, Le Berre 1989:154. 
Hemidactylus turcicus, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:236. 
Hemidactylus turcicus, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:116. 
Distribution.— Countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, from Portugal and Spain, 
around southern Europe to Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey, thence to Syria, Jordan and Israel, and 
from Sinai westwards to Morocco and south to northern Sudan. Introduced populations occur in 
scattered localities across Mexico, Central and South America, and from more than half of the 50 
United States, Mexico and parts of Central America, as well as from isolated localities in Pakistan 
and East Africa (Kraus 2009; Owusu et al. 2012; Wemer 2016). Most Libyan records are from 
northern Cyrenaica, although there are isolated records from Tripoli. 
Libyan Records (Map 13): TRIPOLITA- 
NIA: Tripoli : 45: ZMB 15303, 15325, 15327- 
28; Condorelli Francaviglia 1896; Werner 
1909; Zavattari 1934; Loveridge 1947. Nalut: 
105: Ibrahim and Ineich 2005. “Tripolitania 
settentrionale”: Zavattari 1937. CYRE¬ 
NAICA: Benghazi : 357: von Martens 1883; 
Zavattari 1922, 1929, 1930, 1934; Calabresi 
1923; Loveridge 1947. Mari : 382: CUP R 034; 
Frynta et al. 2000. 385: MCSN 522, 579; 
Scortecci 1935b; Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 
1947. 389: Zavattari 1922, 1929, 1930, 1934; 
Calabresi 1923; Loveridge 1947. 393: Resetar 
1981. 398: NHMC 80.3.87.21-27. 457b: 
Schleich 1987. 457z: Schleich 1987. Jabalal 
Akhdar : 410: Resetar 1981. 414: FMNH 
214958; Resetar 1981. 417: CUP R 046; Cal¬ 
abresi 1923; Loveridge 1947; Zavattari 1922, 
1929, 1930, 1934; Frynta et al. 2000. 419: CUP R 043; Frynta et al. 2000. 428: ZSM 123/1983. 
431: SNHM BS 40234; Bshaena 2011. 434: FMNH 214957; Resetar 1981. 440: Resetar 1981. 441: 
Resetar 1981. 457: KNP 1981/152, 225, 233, 236, 269, 278, 285, 327, 336, 355, 360-361, 417- 
420, 434, 451^152, 505, 512, 1983/123; Resetar 1981; Schleich 1987. 457as: Schleich 1987. 
457at: Schleich 1987. 457au: Schleich 1987. 457az: Schleich 1987. 457ba: Schleich 1987. 457bc: 
Schleich 1987. 457be: Schleich 1987. 457bk: Schleich 1987. 457d: Schleich 1987. 457i: Schleich 
1987. 457k: Schleich 1987. 457u: Schleich 1987. Darnah : 458: NHMC 80.3.87.18. 460: NHMC 
80.3.87.19. 465: Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Loveridge 1947. 477: NHMC 
Map 13. Distribution of Hemidactylus turcicus in Libya. 
