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Comments.— Schleich et al. (1996) and Sin- 
daco and Jeremcenko (2008) suggested that 
this species was limited to southeastern Libya, 
but a record from Murzuq suggests a wider 
range across the northern Sahara. The Jabal Al 
Uwaynat record of Scortecci (1935c) is 
matched by several records on the Egyptian 
side of the border. Bshaena (2011) mapped two 
localities in Libya, presumably corresponding 
to Jabal Al Uwaynat and Kufrah. The compli¬ 
cated dating of the natural history portions of 
Description de l ’Egypte has been elucidated by 
Sherbom (1897) and Tollitt (1986). 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not evaluated, 
but anticipated to be Least Concern. 
Tarentola deserti Boulenger, 1891:115, pi. 13, figs. 3a-c (Fig. 20) 
1991 Tarentola mauritanica var. deserti Boulenger, Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary 
(Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand 
Lataste. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13: 93-164, pis. 13-18. 
Holotype.— BMNH 1885.3.27.5 fide Joger (1984), “Wargla” [= Ouargla, Oargla Province, Algeria]. 
Tarentola deserti, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:270. 
Tarentola deserti, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:135. 
Tarentola deserti, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:274. 
Map 21 . Distribution of Tarentola annularis in Libya. 
Figure 20. Tarentola deserti from Hotel Dar Ghadames, Gadamis, Nalut, Tripolitania, Libya, 2008. Photo © Roberto 
Sindaco. 
