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Tropiocolotes steudneri (Peters, 1869:788) 
1869 Gymnodactylus Steudneri Peters, Uber neue Saurier ( Chaunolcemus multicarinatus, Tropidolepis- 
ma Richardi und Gymnodactylus Steudneri ) und Batrachier (Cyclorhamphus fasciatus und Hyla gracilenta ). 
Monatsberichte der koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1869:786-790. 
Holotype.— ZMB 5476, lost/b/e Bauer et al. (1995), “Aus dem Sennar, ohne nahere Angabe des Fun- 
dorts” [from the Sennar (state of Sennar, Sudan), without further details of locality]. 
Tropiocolotes steudneri, Le Berre 1989:182. 
Tropiocolotes steudneri, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:280. 
Tropiocolotes steudneri, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:140. 
Tropiocolotes steudneri, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:260. 
Distribution.— Southern Algeria and southern Libya to the Suez Canal and south into 
Sudan. Baha El Din (2006) reported specimens from the Tibesti of Chad and from Nouakchott, 
Mauritania. In Libya known localities are in accessible areas of the Sahara around Ghat in the 
southwest and Kufrah in the southeast. 
Libyan Records (Map 18): FEZZAN: 
Ghat : 249: MCSN 2360; Scortecci 1937a. 
Murzuo : 329: Schnurrenberger 1962. CYRE- 
NAICA: Kufrah : 571: MZUF 708; Scortecci 
1935b; Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. 573: 
Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934, 1937; 
Loveridge 1947. 575: Vinciguerra 1931; 
Loveridge 1947. 576: Vinceguerra 1931; 
Zavattari 1934. 577: BMNH 1932.3.6.2; Vin¬ 
ciguerra 1931, 1934; Loveridge 1947. 584: 
MZUF 709; Scortecci 1935b, 1935c; Zavattari 
1937; Loveridge 1947. LIBYA: “Libyschen 
Wiiste”: Werner 1909. 
Comments.— Populations from Saudi 
Arabia (Arnold 1977; Kordges 1998) and Ban- 
dar-e Langeh, Iran sometimes allocated to this 
species are probably incorrectly assigned (Sin¬ 
daco and Jeremcenko 2008). Saleh (1997) 
reported two localities in north Sinai, but these 
were questioned by Baha el Din (2006) and rejected by Werner (2016). 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not evaluated, but anticipated to be Least Concern. 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Peters, 1880:306, pi., figs. 1, la-e (Fig. 18) 
1880 Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Peters, Uber die von Hm. Gerhard Rohlfs und Dr. A. Stecker auf der 
Reise nach der Oase Kufra gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie 
der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1880: 305-309, 1 pi. 
Lectotype.— ZMB 9668A designated by Bauer and Gunther (1991); “Uadi M’bellem” [Wadi Mubal- 
lum, Libya]. 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus, Le Berre 1989:184. 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus tripolitanus, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:283. 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:140. 
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:262. 
Map 18. Distribution of Tropiocolotes steudneri in 
Libya. 
