BAUER, DEBOER, & TAYLOR: ATLAS OF THE REPTILES OF LIBYA 
209 
Tarentola neglecta Strauch, 1887:21, figs. 3-4 
Tarentola neglecta neglecta Strauch 1887 
1887 Tarentola neglecta Strauch, Bemerkungen iiber die Geckoniden-Sammlung im zoologischen Muse¬ 
um der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. Memoires de l’Academie Imperiale des 
Sciences de St.-Petersbourg, ser. 7, 35(2): 1-72, [i]-ii, 1 pi. 
Holotype.— ZISP 5376, “Batna. (Algerien)” [Batna, Batna Province, Algeria]. 
Tarentola neglecta lanzai Bshaena and Joger 2013:359, fig. 5. 
2013 Tarentola neglecta lanzai Bshaena and Joger, A new gecko from Libya: Tarentola neglecta lanzai 
n. ssp. Amphibia-Reptilia 34:353-362. 
Holotype.— SNHM-BS N 44084 “Mandria Oasis (Libyan Sahara desert, N 26°45'40.73", 
E 13°25'37.64", 538 m above sea level), at ruins of an abandoned building.” 
Tarentola neglecta, Le Berre 1989:178. 
Tarentola neglecta, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:277. 
Tarentola neglecta, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:136. 
Tarentola neglecta, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:282. 
Distribution.— Northern Algeria, into western Libya (Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008). In 
Libya the nominate form is found in both western Tripolitania and Fezzan and T. n. lanzai occurs 
only in Fezzan. 
Libyan Records (Map 25): Tarentola 
neglecta neglecta: TRIPOLITANIA: 22: 
NMBA-REPT 15390-91. Tripoli : 51: NMBA- 
REPT 15392. 53: NMBA-REPT 15297-99. 
Jabal al Gharbi : 158: BMNH 1954.1.5.50; 
Salvador 1982; Joger 1984. FEZZAN: Jufra : 
224: NMBA-REPT 15434-35. Ghat : 234: 
Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. Wadi al 
Hayaa : 269: MCSN 2006-07; Scortecci 
1937a. Sabha : 287: Frynta et al. 2000. “Fez¬ 
zan”: Loveridge 1947. 
Tarentola neglecta lanzai: FEZZAN: 
Wadi al Hayaa : 275: SNHM BS N 44084; 
Joger and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena and Joger, 
2013. 277: SNHM BS N 44085-86; Frynta et 
al. 2000; Kratochvil et al. 2002; Joger and 
Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena and Joger 2013. 
Comments.— In light of the recent 
description of T. n. lanzai, all Libyan T. neglec¬ 
ta should be re-examined. We here have 
assumed that earlier references to T. neglecta that are from the same locality as some of those 
included by Bshaena and Joger (2013) in their description of the new subspecies, are referable to 
that form. We have retained all other records under the nominotypical form. Northern records from 
NMBA (Basel) are tentatively placed here based on identifications provided by the institution, but 
have not been verified. Sindaco and Jeremcenko (2008) plotted a locality apparently in eastern 
Nalut, but we did not capture this record. Tlili et al. (2014) also include Chad in the distribution of 
this species, citing Schleich et al. (1996), but neither these authors nor others (e.g., Sindaco and 
Map 25. Distribution of Tarentola neglecta in Libya. 
White dots with black centers represent localities of the 
nominotypical form and black dots are T. n. lanzai. 
