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1937a. Murzuo : 303: Zavattari 1937. 308: 
ZCT 2006.46; Ibrahim 2008a. 332: Scortecci 
1935b. CYRENAICA: Benghazi : 379: Zavat¬ 
tari 1922. Marj : 385: Zavattari 1922, 1929, 
1930, 1934, 1937; Calabresi 1923. Butnan : 
490: Zavattari 1922, 1929, 1930, 1934; Cal¬ 
abresi 1923. 521: MSNG 28220; Vinciguerra 
1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934, 1937. Al 
Wahat : 544: Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934. 
545: Vinciguerra 1931; Sindaco and 
Jeremcenko 2008. 562: Vinciguerra 1931; 
Zavattari 1934. 564: Zavattari 1929, 1930, 
1934, 1937; Vinciguerra 1931. 
Comments. — Three subspecies: V. g. 
griseus, V g. caspius, and V g. koniecznyi (Sin¬ 
daco and Jeremcenko 2008) are recognized. All 
African records are attributable to the nominate 
subspecies. Le Berre (1989) indicated that this 
species was absent from Ghat, but there are several records from the region (Scortecci 1937a). 
Ibrahim and Ineich (2005) reported conspicuous tracks of this species at Badr, Nalut, but no spec¬ 
imens were collected during their surveys. 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not assessed. 
Family Leptotyphlopidae 
Myriopholis lanzai Broadley, Wade and Wallach 2014: 353, fig. 1 
2014 Myriopholis lanzai Broadley, Wade and Wallach, A new species of Myriopholis from Ghat Oasis, 
South-western Libya (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae). Amoldia (Zimbabwe) 10(30):351-359. 
Holotype.— MZUF 36519 (ex NHCL 1543), “Ghat Oasis, south-west Fezzan, Libya (24°59'N: 
10°11'E) at 700 m a.s.l.” 
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus [part], Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963:477. 
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus [part], Le Berre 1989:246. 
Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus [part], Sindaco, Venchi, and Grieco 2013:70. 
Distribution. — Myriopholis lanzai is a Libyan endemic, known only from the oasis of Ghat 
in southwestern Fezzan. Its proximity to the Algerian border, however, suggests that it may even¬ 
tually be found there in the Tassili n’Ajjer. 
Libyan Records (Map 46): FEZZAN: Ghat : 249: MCSN 2894; MSNM 2882, MZUF 36519, 
36520, 39097-98; Scortecci 1934b, 1937a,b; Zavattari 1937; Scortecci 1939; Kramer and Schnur¬ 
renberger 1963; Broadley et al. 2014. 
Comments.— Adelsteinsson et al. (2009) conducted a phylogenetic analysis of leptoty- 
phlopids globally and established the genus Myriopholis for a group including the North African 
worm snakes. Leptotyphlopid records from the Sahara are very scattered (Sindaco et al. 2013) and 
the group has long been in desperate need of revision (Trape 2002). All pre-2014 references to Fez¬ 
zan leptotyphlopids are to Leptotyphlops machrorhynchus (now Myriopholis macrorhyncha ) (Jan, 
1860). Ghigi (1913) mentioned the species in his biogeographic remarks but omitted it from his list 
of Libyan reptiles. Le Berre (1989) indicated that the Libyan range of L. macrorhynchus included 
Map 45. Distribution of Varanus griseus in Libya. 
