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Gulf of Sirte, and one in Cyrenaica that also occurs in Egypt, the Levant, southern Turkey and por¬ 
tions of mainland and insular Greece. This implies that C. o. tiligugu, if valid, may be present in 
Libya, in addition to the nominate form. North African members of the C. ocellatus group are under 
study by S. Baha El Din (pers. comm.) and further taxonomic changes may be anticipated. 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not assessed, but assumed to be Least Concern. 
Chalcides sepsoides (Audouin, 1827:180, supplement pi. 2, figs. 9-10) 
1827 Scincus sepsoides Audouin, Explication sommaire des planches de reptiles (supplement), publiees 
par Jules-Cesar Savigny, Membre de l’lnstitut; offrant un expose des caracteres naturels des genres, avec la 
distinction des especes. Pp. 161-184 In: M. J.-C. L. de Savigny, (ed.), Description de l’Egypte, ou Recueil des 
Observations et des Recherches qui ont ete Faites en Egypte Pendant l’Expedition de l’Armee Frangaise. His- 
toire Naturelle. Tome premier. Partie premier. Imprimerie Imperiale, Paris. 
Syntypes. — Specimens illustrated in figures 9 and 10 of Atlas supplement plate 2 of Description de 
I’Egypte, not located fide Brygoo (1985), “Egypte.” 
Sphenops sepoides [sic, part], Le Berre 1989:230. 
Sphenops sepsoides, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:369. 
Sphenops sepsoides, Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008:202. 
Chalcides sepsoides, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:348. 
Distribution.— From central Libya east through Cyrenaica to Egypt, Sinai, Israel, and west¬ 
ern Jordan. Most Libyan localities occupy the northeast quadrant of the country. 
Libyan Records (Map 40): FEZZAN: 
Jufra : 216: Peters 1880, 1881; Zavattari 1934; 
Sindaco and Jeremcenko 2008. Sabha : 291: 
NMBA-REPT 15354. CYRENAICA: Beng¬ 
hazi : 357: Umani 1923; Zavattari 1930, 1934. 
361: BMNH 1987.1027, 1988.193. Marj : 385: 
Zavattari 1937. Al Wahat : 529: NMP 34935; 
NMBA-REPT 15355; NMP 34935; Vinciguer- 
ra 1931; Zavattari 1934; Moravec 1995. 531: 
BMNH 1965.1202. 538: NMBA-REPT 15356. 
540: BMNH 1965.1203. 544: BMNH 
1965.1204-11; MSNG 31595*; Vinciguerra 
1931; Zavattari 1934. 560: Vinciguerra 1931. 
562: Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934. 564: 
BMNH 1932.3.6.16-17; Vinciguerra 1931; 
Zavattari 1934, 1937; Schleich et al. 1996. 
“Nordost-Libyen”: ZMB 62956-59. 
“Between Agedabia and Gialo”: MSNG 
31595*. “365 km SW of Benghazi”: BMNH 
BMNH 1988.194; MZUF 20613. 
Comments. — The complicated dating of the natural history portions of Description de 
I’Egypte has been elucidated by Sherbom (1897) and Tollitt (1986). This species has been allocat¬ 
ed to Sphenops, which has alternatively been regarded as a synonym of Chalcides, a subgenus of 
Chalcides, or a valid genus (e.g., Pasteur and Bons 1960; Caputo et al. 1993, Geniez et al. 2004, 
Kalboussi et al. 2006). Most recently, Carranza et al. (2008) presented evidence that a mono- 
phyletic Chalcides includes Sphenops spp. 
IUCN Threat Status.— Least Concern. 
Map 40. Distribution of Chalcides sepsoides in Libya. 
1987.1028. “Sirtica”: Zavattari 1937. LIBYA: 
