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imen disappeared in the short time before Andersson’s (1899) statement that the type was missing 
or if Andersson did not accept the specimen as the type. Two subspecies are recognized by Sinda- 
co et al. (2013), with the nominate form occurring in North Africa and E.j. turcicus (Olivier, 1801) 
in Eurasia. A record from Sirte was represented with a question mark by Schleich et al. (1996) and 
not acknowledged by Sindaco and Jeremcenko (2008), however we have examined MCSN 2635 
and its associated data and verify this record. 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not assessed. 
Family Colubridae 
Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863:60) 
1863 P[eriops\. Algira Jan, Elenco sistematico degli Ofidi descritti e disegnati per flconografia generale. 
A. Lombardi, Milano, Italy. Pp. i-viii, 9-143, i-iii. 
Syntypes. — MNHN 3575, 7464, MSNM (two specimens, destroyed in 1943 fide Wallach et al. (2014); 
MNHNP, “Algeri” (MSNM) “Sphax d’Algeria” [sic, Sfax, Tunisia] (MNHN). Kramer and Schnurrenberger 
(1963) referred to MNHN 3575 as the “Typus.” 
Coluber florulentus algirus ,Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963:484. 
Coluber florulentus , Le Berre 1989:282. 
Coluber algirus, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:479. 
Hemorrhois algirus, Sindaco, Venchi, and Grieco 2013:109. 
Distribution.— The species as a whole extends from northern Mauritania through northern 
Egypt west of the Nile (Marsa Matruh; Baha El Din 2000, 2006a), and has been introduced in 
Malta (Schleich et al. 1996; Joger 1997; Sindaco et al. 2013). There is an isolated population in the 
Ahaggar, Algeria. The nominate form occurs from northwestern Algeria to the east, whereas H. a. 
intermedins Wemer, 1929 ranges from Monts des Ksour, Algeria, westward to Western Sahara, 
northern Mauritania, and southern Morocco (Sindaco et al. 2013). In Libya their range is broad in 
the northern parts of the country. 
Libyan Records (Map 49): TRIPOLITANIA: Zawiyah : 22: MCSN 4221. Tripoli : 45: 
MNHN 1893.587. Muroub : 69: SK 321; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1959, 1963; 
Schatti 1986. Misratah : 73: MCSN 4212, 
4217; MHNG 1357.37; ZSM 153/1983; SK 
200; Schatti 1986; Kramer and Schnurrenberg¬ 
er 1959, 1963; Schatti 1986. 84: MCSN 4214. 
Nalut : 99: MNHN 2004.0079; Ibrahim and 
Ineich 2005. Jabal al Gharbi : 148: NMBE 
52/1958; SK 325-326; Kramer and Schnurren¬ 
berger 1959, 1963; Schatti 1986. 149: SK204; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1959, 1963; 
Schatti 1986. 154: MNHG 1357.38, 1357.40- 
41; ZSM 154/1983; Schatti 1986. 158: BMNH 
1958.1.2.35; Schatti 1986. Sirt: 174: MCSN 
2877; MSNM [no specific number given]; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963; Schatti 
1986. 176: MSNM [no specific number given]; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963; Schatti 
Map 49. Distribution of Hemorrhois algirus in Libya. 
