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NHMC 80.3.152.24. Nalut : 111: Sindaco, 
pers. obs. 5/2/2008. 129: Sindaco, pers. obs. 
4/30/2008. Jabal al Gharbi : 135: BMNH 
1965.1173. 142: BMNH 1965.1170. 145: 
NHMC 80.3.88.42, 80.3.152.21-22; Metalli- 
nou et al. 2012. 146: NHMC 80.3.152.2; Met- 
allinou et al. 2012. 147: FMNH 82943; MCZ R 
127837, 127838, 127836. Sirte : 166: BMNH 
1970.2127. 185: BMNH 1965.1167-68. 
“Tripolitania settentrionale”: Zavattari 1937. 
Misurata to Tripoli: Loveridge 1947. “Sirti- 
ca”: Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. CYRE- 
NAICA: Benghazi : 335: NHMC 80.3.88.44, 
80.3.152.23; Metallinou et al. 2012. 350: 
BMNH 1954.1.5.26. 351: BMNH 1965.1161. 
357: BMNH 1945.11.9.2-3; MZUF 710; SMF 
36490; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913,1920; Umani 
1922; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Loveridge 
1947. 361: Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 
1930; Loveridge 1947. 366: NHMC 
80.3.88.47, 80.3.152.3-4, 80.3.152.25, 
80.3.153.1-2; Metallinou et al. 2012. 367: 
BMNH 1965.1155-56. 372: Frynta et al. 2000. 376: SMF 34589. Marj : 383: FMNH 214966. 384: 
MCZ R 127839. 385: MCSN 2013; Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. 389: MZUT R2523; Calabresi 
1923; Zavattari 1929,1930,1934; Loveridge 1947. 403: NHMC 80.3.88.9, 80.3.88.28, 80.3.152.9- 
10; 80.3.152.26-47; Metallinou et al. 2012. Jabal al Akhdar : 417: Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 
1922, 1929, 1930, 1934; Loveridge 1947. 425: Loveridge 1947. Darnah : 462: Ghigi 1920; Cal¬ 
abresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Loveridge 1947. 463: Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 
1930, 1934; Loveridge 1947. 464: Calabresi 1923. 465: MZUT R2524; Zavattari 1929, 1930; 
Loveridge 1947. 466: SMF 34229; Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Loveridge 1947. 
467: Zavattari 1929, 1930. 474: Vinceguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Gestro and Vin- 
ciguerra 1931; Loveridge 1947. 477: NHMC 80.3.88.29, 80.3.152.11; Metallinou et al. 2012. 484: 
MZUF 825, 13123; MZUT R2518; Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930; Loveridge 1947. But: 
nan : 487: SMF 34357. 493: NHMC 80.3.152.12. 505: Vinceguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 
1934; Gestro and Vinciguerra 1931; Loveridge 1947. 506: Loveridge 1947. 507: BMNH 1962.560; 
Vinceguerra 1927; Zavattari 1934. 508: NHMC 80.3.88.1, 80.3.152.5-8 Metallinou et al. 2012. 
514: Vinciguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930. Al Wahat : 529: BMNH 1932.3.6.3; NMP 34928/ 
1-2; NMP 34928; Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934; Moravec 1995. 539: BMNH 1965.1160. 540: 
BMNH 1965.1157-59. 544: Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934; Loveridge 1947. “Marmarica”: 
Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. “Nordost-Libyen”: ZMB 62960-63. LIBYA: KC190582, 
190785; Metallinou et al. 2012. 
Comments.— Stenodactylus mauritanica has been variously accepted as specifically or sub- 
specifically valid, or regarded as a synonym of S. sthenodactylus since its description (see Crochet 
et al. 2014). It had been treated as a synonym of S. sthenodactylus by Arnold (1980b) and as a sub¬ 
species by Loveridge (1947) and Sindaco and Jeremcenko (2008), but was elevated to full species 
by Baha El Din (2006), who found the two forms in sympatry in northern Egypt. Although mor¬ 
phologically similar to S. sthenodactylus, S. mauritanicus is mostly limited to mesic coastal semi- 
Map 14. Distribution of Stenodactylus mauritanicus in 
Libya. The distribution of this species is primarily in more 
mesic areas in Mediterranean regions of Libya. The alloca¬ 
tion of many records to this species and its sister species, S. 
sthenodactylus, a more xeric adapted form, are tentative and 
based on geography rather than confirmation of specimens. 
