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80.3.87.28. Butnan : 505: Vinciguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Gestro and Vinciguerra 
1931; Loveridge 1947. 521: Loveridge 1947. “Cyrenaica”: Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; Calabresi 
1923; Loveridge 1947. LIBYA: RMNH RENA 10858. “Gan Chenabi” [unlocated]: Loveridge 
1947. 
Comments.— The nominate subspecies occurs in Libya and the remainder of mainland North 
Africa. Hemidactylus t. spinalis Buchholz, 1954 from Addaya Grande Island, Spain has recently 
been synonymized with the nominotypical form (Smid et al. 2015), whereas H. t. lavadeserticus 
Moravec and Bohme, 1997 from the lava desert region of Jordan and adjacent Syria has been ele¬ 
vated to specific status (Moravec et al. 2011). Hemidactylus turcicus generally occurs close to the 
coast, at least in northern Africa (Rato et al. 2011, Moravec et al. 2011). Isolated inland localities 
may well represent introduced populations as the species is known to be highly invasive elsewhere, 
even in habitats and climatic zones not present within its native range (Kraus 2009). 
IUCN Threat Status.— Least Concern. 
Stenodactylus mauritanicus Guichenot 1850:5, pi. 1, figs. 1, la-d (Fig. 16) 
1850 Stenodactylus Mauritanicus Guichenot, Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons de l’Algerie. 
Exploration Scientifique de l’Algerie pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. 144 
+ [4] pp. and Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poisons. Atlas. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. 12 pis [4 rep¬ 
tiles, 8 Poissons, separately numbered], 
Syntypes. — MNHN 2339, 6768, 6769, “environs d’Oran” [Algeria], 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus [part], Le Berre 1989:166. 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus [part], Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:261. 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus mauritanicus, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:131. 
Stenodactylus sthenodactylus [part], Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:256. 
Distribution.— From coastal and near coastal Mauritania and Western Sahara through north¬ 
ern Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and east to the area of the Nile Delta (Metallinou et al. 2012). In 
Libya they are found only along the Mediterranean coast and adjacent areas. 
Libyan Records (Map 14): TRIPOLITANIA: Tripoli : 42: Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. 
45: BMNH 1858.4.20.53; FMNH 82944; Condorelli Francaviglia 1896; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; 
Zavattari 1934; Loveridge 1947; Sayers 1964. Muroub : 60: BMNH 1965.1128. 64: MCZ R21906, 
21908. Misratah : 79: NHMC 80.3.88.45; Metallinou et al. 2012. 80: BMNH 1913.12.30.1-2; 
MCSN 1983; Boulenger 1914; Zavaratti 1934; Loveridge 1947. 82: NHMC 80.3.152.1. 87: 
Figure 16. Stenodactylus mauritanicus male from Hotel Ghadames, Gadamis, Nalut, Tripolitania, Libya, 2008. Photo 
© Roberto Sindaco. 
