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the area near Ghat, but also northwestern 
Tripolitania, whereas Schleich et al. (1996) did 
not indicate any Libyan records. Sindaco et al. 
(2013) used Scortecci’s (1934b, 1935b) refer¬ 
ences to Ghat material as the basis for their 
inclusion of Libya in the distribution of 
L. macrorhynchus. 
Broadley et al. (2014) briefly reviewed the 
history of the scattered records of North 
African leptotyphlopids and described this new 
species from Ghat on the basis of a series of 
specimens. The holotype and one of the 
paratypes (MZUF 39097) were collected in 
1934 by G. Garganese, another three paratypes 
were collected by G. Scortecci, one on March 
16, 1934 (MZUF 39098) and two on 13 Octo¬ 
ber 1936 (MZUF 36520 and MSNM 2882). 
The last two were noted by Scortecci (1937) 
whereas the earlier one may be that noted by Scortecci (1934b). Scortecci (1939) also referred to 
the presence of a leptotyphlopid species at Ghat, but did not explicitly mention a taxon by name. 
UCN Threat Status: Not assessed, but assumed to be Data Deficient. 
Family Typhlopidae 
Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803:279) 
1803 [An XI] Eryx braminus Daudin, Histoire Naturelle, Generate et Particuliere des Reptiles, Ouvrage 
faisant Suite aux Oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et Partie du Cours Complet d’Histoire Naturelle Redige par 
C.S. Sonnini, Membre de Plusieurs Societes Savantes. Tome septieme. F. Dufart, Paris. 436 pp., pis. lxxi-xcii. 
Holotype.— Type specimen lost but imaged in 
Russell (1796, pi. 43) from “Vizagapatam [Visakha- 
patnam, Andhra Pradesh, India]” (see Bauer 2015). 
Ramphotyphlops braminus, Sindaco, Venchi, 
and Grieco 2013:74. 
Distribution.— This species is native to 
India and adjacent regions of tropical Asia, but 
has spread widely around the world through 
human agency, including to Australia and 
islands of the Pacific, North and Central Amer¬ 
ica, portions of southwest Asia, and scattered 
localities across Africa, including in Egypt 
(Baha El Din 2006a; Wallach 2009). Known 
from a single locality in Libya. 
Libyan Records (Map 47): TRIPOLITA¬ 
NIA: Jabal al Gharbi : 149: SNHM BS N 
40292-93. LIBYA: SNHM BS N 55786. 
Comments.— The only record of this 
Map 47. Distribution of introduced Indotyphlops brami ¬ 
nus in Libya. 
