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Tarentola mauritanica [part], Le Berre 1989:174. 
Tarentola mauritanica fascicularis, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:276. 
Tarentola mauritanica fascicularis [part], Sindaco and Jeremce nk o 2008:136. 
Complexe Tarentola mauritanica [part], Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:280. 
Distribution.— Southern Tunisia (e.g., 
Gafsa, Gabes and Douz fide Sarra et al. 2013) 
through Egypt, with scattered records in north¬ 
western Sinai (Werner 2016). In Libya they are 
found mostly in the north, with numerous scat¬ 
tered records further inland (Sindaco and 
Jeremcenko 2008; Joger and Bshaenia 2010; 
Bshaena 2011). Bshaena (2011) considered 
true T. fascicularis to be limited to areas rela¬ 
tively close to the coast in Cyrenaica (see 
Comments below). Tlili et al. (2014) incorrect¬ 
ly stated that this species is a central Tunisian 
endemic, presumably in error for T. f wolfgan- 
gi, which is limited to that region. 
Libyan Records (Map 23): TRIPOLITA- 
NIA: Nuoat al Khams : 3: NHMC 
80.3.86.101-104. Zawiyah : 10: SNHM BS 
40106; Joger and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena 
2011; Bshaena and Joger 2013. 11: CUP R 142; 
Frynta et al. 2000; Sindaco, pers. obs. 
4/26/2008. 16: BMNH 1975.1195; ZSM 
79/1938/01-15; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; 
Zavattari 1934. 18: SNHM BS 39947, 39949; 
Bshaena 2011. 19: BMNH 1965.1146. 22: 
MCSN 3213, 2004, 2452. Jafara : 29: Sayers 
1964. 31: SNHM BS 39998-40015; Bshaena 
2011; Joger and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena and 
Joger 2013. Tripoli : 36: BMNH 1954.1.5.51- 
54. 37: MZUF 689. 38: USNM 148484; ZFMK 
106936; Joger and Bshaena 2010. 39: USNM 
148483. 42: MZUT R2557. 43: MCSN 1995; 
3214. 44: ZSM 1463-67/2009; SNHM BS 
39944, 39958-59, 40071-78; Bshaena 2011; 
Joger and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena and Joger 
Figure 21. Tarentola fascicularis Complex species from 
Sabha, Fezzan, Libya. Photo © Adel Ibrahim. 
Map 23. Distribution of the Tarentola fascicularis Com¬ 
plex in Libya. The neotype locality of T. fascicularis is in 
northeastern Cyrenaica and most points outside of this region 
represent undescribed members of the broader T. fascicularis 
Complex, which also includes taxa more closely related to 
T. deserti. 
2013.45: BMNH 1955.1.8.46, 1965.1126-27, xxi.58.e; NHMW 17953, 18097; ZMB 15297-300, 
15323-24, 15326; Gray 1845; Peters 1880, 1881; Boulenger 1885; Condorelli Francaviglia 1896; 
Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavattari 1934; Loveridge 1947. 56: SNHM BS 39933-43, 39995-96; 
Bshaena 2011. Muroub : 60: SNHM BS 40067-70; Peters 1880, 1881; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; 
Zavattari 1934; Loveridge 1947; Joger and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena 2011; Bshaena and Joger 
2013. 61: BMNH 1901.10.28.1. 62: Frynta et al. 2000. 63: SNHM BS 40043-66, 40216-24; Joger 
and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena 2011; Bshaena and Joger 2013. 64: SMNS 207. 66: Sindaco, pers. 
obs. 4/29/2008. 67: Sindaco pers. obs. 4/29/2008. 68: BMNH 1913.12.30.3-5, 1965.1125; CUP R 
