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Psammophis aegyptius Marx, 1958:194, figs. 30C, 31C 
1958 Psammophis aegyptius Marx, Egyptian snakes of the genus Psammophis. Fieldiana: Zoology 
39(18): 191-200. 
Holotype.— FMNH 75092, “date grove near the government house at Siwa, Siwa Oasis, Western Desert 
Govemorate, Egypt.” 
Psammophis schokari aegyptius, Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963:519. 
Psammophis aegyptius, Schleich, Kastle, and Kabisch 1996:513. 
Psammophis aegyptius, Trape and Mane 2006:146. 
Psammophis aegyptius, Sindaco, Venchi, and Grieco 2013:167. 
Distribution.— Southern Algeria through Niger, southern Libya, and most of Egypt (includ¬ 
ing southern Sinai) to extreme southern Israel, a single record in southwestern Chad (Sindaco et al. 
2013). In Libya they have been recorded around Tripoli (based on three FMNH specimens) and in 
the southern half of the country (Schleich et al. 1996). See Figure 56. 
Libyan Records (Map 58): TRIPOLITA- 
NIA: Tripoli : 39: FMNH 83054. 45: FMNH 
83055. Jabal al Gharbi : 154: FMNH 82957. 
FEZZAN: Murzuo : 314: SK 1482; Kramer 
and Schnurrenberger 1963. 320: SK 1483; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963; Schnurren¬ 
berger 1962. 322: SK 1412; Kramer and 
Schnurrenberger 1963. 323: SK 1744-46, 
1891-96, 2424-25, 2427; Kramer and Schnur¬ 
renberger 1963. 326: MCSN 2999; Kramer and 
Schnurrenberger 1963. 328: SK 1143; Kramer 
and Schnurrenberger 1963. 331: MCSN 2753; 
SK 1140-41; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 
1963. Scortecci 1935b; Loveridge 1940; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 332: SK 
1090; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 
CYRENAICA: Kufrah : 568: MZUF 971, 
20197; Scortecci 1935c; Loveridge 1940; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 569: 
MCSN 2752; Scortecci 1935b; Zavattari 1937; 
Loveridge 1940. 570: Scortecci 1935c; Loveridge 1940. 571: Scortecci 1935b; Zavattari 1937; 
Loveridge 1940. 573: Loveridge 1940. 575: MCSN 3206; MG 31605; MSNG 31585*; ZMB 
18160-61; Peters 1880, 1881; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Vinciguerra 
1931; Scortecci 1939; Loveridge 1940; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 578: MCSN 2755. 
580a: MCSN 2759; Scortecci 1935b. 584: MCSN 3208; MZUF 962, 2497, 20194; Scortecci 
1935c; Loveridge 1940; Zavattari 1937; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 585: MZUF 964; 
Scortecci 1937c; Loveridge 1940. “Eastern Libya”: Sochurek 1979. 
Comments.— Older records from Libya were mostly referred to P. schokari. Records in 
neighboring Egypt are mostly south of 30° (Baha El Din 2006a) so northern records in Libya, 
which have not been accepted by some authors (e.g., Geniez 2015) need confirmation. However, 
the Tripoli records are relatively recent and are unlikely to be erroneous, although they may reflect 
the over generalization of locality. We follow Kramer and Schnurrenberger (1963) in assigning 
whipsnake records from Kufrah by Peters (1880, 1881) to this species. 
Map 58. Distribution of Psammophis aegyptius in Libya. 
Records from near-coastal northwestern Libya need further 
confirmation. 
