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desert, within 50 km of the coast, at least in Egypt (Baha El Din 2006a), whereas S. sthenodacty- 
lus inhabits more arid regions along the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. Metallinou et al. (2012) 
found S. mauritanica and S. sthenodactylus to be reciprocally monophyletic and deeply divergent 
from one another. Although specimens from near coastal localities in Libya may be assigned with 
confidence to S. mauritanicus, some populations from intermediate areas will require reexamina¬ 
tion to confirm correct species allocation. The two species may occur in sympatry or near sympa- 
try in northern Nalut. Metallinou et al. (2012) found Libyan lineages were sister to Egyptian and 
Tunisian ones and more distantly related to conspecifics from Morocco and Western Sahara. 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not evaluated, but anticipated to be Least Concern. 
Stenodactylus petrii Anderson 1896:96 
1896 Stenodactylus petrii Anderson, A Contribution to the Herpetology of Arabia, with a preliminary list 
of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt. R.H. Porter, London, 124 pp. 
Syntypes.— BMNH 1946.8.23.27-29 (formerly BMNH 97.10.28.23-25), “Tel el Amama” [Egypt], 
Stenodactylus petrii [part], Le Berre 1989:164. 
Stenodactylus petrii [part], Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:259. 
Stenodactylus petrii, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:130. 
Stenodactylus petrii [part], Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:186. 
Distribution.— Across northern Africa from Mauritania and Western Sahara to Egypt and 
northern Sudan (although absent from most of Mediterranean Morocco and Algeria as well as 
much of southern Algeria), with scattered records from the northern Sahel of Mali and Niger. Also 
in Sinai and southern Israel. Sindaco and Jeremcenko (2008) considered Senegalese records erro¬ 
neous, although several were plotted by Trape et al. (2012). Sindaco and Jeremcenko (2008) appear 
to plot this species in southern Jordan, but this is not noted in their text, nor is a Jordanian occur¬ 
rence supported by Disi et al. (2001), Disi (2002) or Werner (2016). 
In Libya they are primarily found in Tripolitania and south into the regions of Ghat and Sabha 
(Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008). 
Libyan Records (Map 15): TRIPOLITA¬ 
NIA: Z aw i yah : 21: MZUT R3240. Tripoli : 38: 
USNM 33877. 39: MCZ R 21910; USNM 
59000. 45: MZUT R2525; NHMW 17282; 
NMBA-REPT 5248, 5445; ZMB 15301-02; 
ZSM 236/0; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavat- 
tari 1934; Loveridge 1947. 51: NMBA-REPT 
15394. 53: NMBA-REPT 15292-95. Muroub : 
64: ZMB 17979. Misratah : 72: ZSM 
26/1968/1-2. Nalut : 105: AIC (4 specimens) 
no number provided; MNHN 2003.2962; 
Ibrahim and Ineich 2005. Jabal al Gharbi : 
154: MCZ R 170078. Sirte : 182: BMNH 
1965.1175. 189: Arnold 1980b; Sindaco and 
Jeremcenko 2008. “Tripolitania settentri- 
onale”: Zavattari 1937. “Jebel Erdcul” [unlo¬ 
cated]: BMNH 1901.10.28.2. FEZZAN: Ghat : 
245: Scortecci 1937b. 249: MCSN 1979; ZCT 
2006.74; Scortecci 1937a; Ibrahim 2008a. 251: 
Map 15. Distribution of Stenodactylus petrii in Libya. 
Some records may be attributable to S. stenurus. Reexamina¬ 
tion of northwestern Tripolitanian specimens is required. 
