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co obs. 4/29/2008. 69: SK 257; Kramer and 
Schnurrenberger 1963. Jabal al Gharbi : 154: 
FMNH 82954-55. “Tripolitania”: Scortecci 
1939. “Tripolitania settentrionale”: Zavattari 
1937. “Sirtica”: Zavattari 1937. FEZZAN: 
Jufra : 217: Zavattari 1937; 221: Peters 1880, 
1881; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavattari 
1934; Scortecci 1939. CYRENAICA: Beng¬ 
hazi : 342: Comalia in Haimann 1882, 1886; 
Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; Calabresi 1923; 
Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934. 344: Comalia in 
Haimann 1882, 1886; Wemer 1909; Ghigi 
1913; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934. 357: MCSN 
2791; MZUF 00814; Wemer 1909; Ghigi 1913; 
Umani 1922; Zavattari 1922, 1929, 1930, 
1934; Calabresi 1923. 358: Calabresi 1923; 
Zavattari 1929, 1930. 360: BMNH 
1954.1.7.28; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 
1963. 364: Comalia in Haimann 1882, 1886; Wemer 1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 
1934. 367: BMNH 1960.1.5.96-97; Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Kramer and 
Schnurrenberger 1963. 379: Wemer 1909; Ghigi 1913. 372: CUP R 127; Frynta et al. 2000. Marj : 
385: Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934, 1937. 389: Zavattari 1922, 1929, 1930, 1934; 
Calabresi 1923. 405: Frynta et al. 2000. 457a: Schleich 1987. Jabal al Akhdar : 417: FMNH 
214911-13; Zavattari 1922, 1929, 1930, 1934; Calabresi 1923; Resetar 1981. 421: Zavattari 1929, 
1930, 1934. 435: FMNH 82952. 448: KNP 1981/205; SMF 55404; Schleich 1987. 451: CUP R 
128; Frynta et al. 2000. 457: KNP 1981/291, 1981/435, 1981/449, 1981/458, 1981/496, 1981/498, 
1981/506, 1981/514; ZSM [5 specimens under 2 numbers] 1983/147, 1983/149; Schleich 1987. 
457at: Schleich 1987. 457ba: Schleich 1987. 457bb: Schleich 1987. 457bc: Schleich 1987. 457bf: 
Schleich 1987. 457bj: Schleich 1987. 457bk: Schleich 1987. 457bl: Schleich 1987. 457bm: Schle¬ 
ich 1987. 457ce: Schleich 1987. 457co: Schleich 1987. 457cp: Schleich 1987. 457cs: Schleich 
1987. 457cw: Schleich 1987. 457n: Schleich 1987. Darnah : 484: Calabresi 1923; Zavattari 1929, 
1930, 1934. Butnan : 490: MSNG 27765; Vinciguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934. Al 
Wahat : 529: Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934. 530: Peters 1880, 1881; Wemer 1909; Calabresi 
1923; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934. 562: Wemer 1909; Ghigi 1913. 564: Zavattari 1937. Kufrah : 
573: Zavattari 1937. “Cyrenaica”: Condorelli-Francaviglia 1896; Scortecci 1939. “Marmarica”: 
Zavattari 1937. 
Comments.— The complicated dating of the natural history portions of Description de 
I’Egypte has been elucidated by Sherbom (1897) and Tollitt (1986). Carranza et al. (2006) resur¬ 
rected M. insignitus from the synonymy of M. monspessulanus based on the deep genetic diver¬ 
gence between the two, and recognized the nominotypical form and the subspecies M. i. fuscus 
(Fleischmann, 1831). Sindaco et al. (2013) considered the Balkan taxon, M. i. fuscus, to be ill- 
defined. Records from the southeast of Libya (see map in Geniez 2015), based on the locality “El 
Giof ’ reported by Zavattari (1937) are likely in error. 
IUCN Threat Status.— Not assessed, but assumed to be Least Concern. 
Map 57. Distribution of Malpolon insignitus in Libya. 
