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Scortecci 1937; Zavattari 1937a; Loveridge 1940. Jufra : 213: NMBE 29535; MSNG 56909, 
57811; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 217: Zavattari 1937. 221: MCSN 2778; Kramer and 
Schnurrenberger 1963. 224: SK 2710; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 226: MCSN 2748; 
Scortecci 1935b; Loveridge 1940; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. Ghat : 234: MCSN 2757; 
Schnurrenberger 1958b. 249: MCSN 2745, 2747, 2762, 2781; Scortecci 1939. 253: MCSN 3244. 
Wadi al Hayaa : 269: MCSN 2744; Zavattari 1934; Essghaier et al. 2015. 276: Sindaco, pers. obs. 
4/25/2008. Sabha : 281: AIC 2006.1543; Ibrahim 2008a. 290: Schnurrenberger 1962. 291: SK 
1099-100,1835; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. Murzuq : 298: ZCT 2005.20; Ibrahim 2008a. 
303: Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1940; Essghaier et al. 2015. 310: ZCT 2006.07; Ibrahim 2008a. 
313: ZCT 2006.22; Ibrahim 2008a. 318: SK 2700-01; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963; Schnur¬ 
renberger 1963; Ibrahim 2008a. 325: ZCT 2006.44; Ibrahim 2008a. CYRENAICA: Benghazi : 
378: SK 26-27. Jabal al Akhdar : 434: CM 91614; FMNH 214915; Resetar 1981. 457: KNP 
1981/3664 [2 specimens]; ZSM 1983/148; Schleich 1987. 457bg: Schleich 1987. 457bh: Schleich 
1987. 457bs: Schleich 1987. 457cx: Schleich 1987. 457r: Schleich 1987. 457t: Schleich 1987. 
Butnan : 505: NMBE 29536; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 511: ZSM 150/1983; Loveridge 
1940. 517: Vinciguerra 1927; Zavattari 1929, 1930. 521: Vinciguerra 1927; Zavattari 1930, 1934, 
1937; Scortecci 1939; Loveridge 1940. Al Wahat : 531: SK 86, 181, 626, 2711; Kramer and 
Schnurrenberger 1963. 536: SK 197, 236; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 544: MCSN 4219; 
BMNH 1960.1.6.1-2; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 546: MCSN 3004. 547: SK 79, 169-70; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 548: SK 199, 390, 543; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 
553: MCSN 3207. 564: NMBE 29585, NMBE [no specific number given]; MCSN 3205; MSNG 
31585*; Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934, 1937; Vinciguerra 1931; Scortecci 1939; Loveridge 1940; 
Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. “Cyrenaica”: MCSN 4218; NHMW 19238; Condorelli-Fran- 
caviglia 1896; Wemer 1909; Ghigi 1913; Calabresi 1923. 
Comments.— Some earlier references to P sibilans in Libya are likely attributable to 
P. schokari, whereas some pre-1958 records of P schokari may actually refer to P. aegyptius (Sin¬ 
daco et al. 2013). A molecular phylogeny by Rato et al. (2007) did not include Libyan samples. 
UCN Threat Status: Not assessed, but assumed to be Least Concern. 
Psammophis tanganicus Loveridge, 1940:57. 
1940 Psammophis biseriatus tanganicus Loveridge, Revision of the African snakes of the genera Dro- 
mophis and Psammophis. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 87: 1-69. 
Holotype.— MCZ R30380 “Mangasini, Usandawi, central Tanganyika Territory.” [ = Mangasini, 
Northwest Singida Region, Tanzania]. 
Psammophis biseriatus tanganicus, Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963:515. 
Psammophis tanganicus, Sindaco, Venchi, and Grieco 2013:170. 
Distribution.— This species is distributed from the Horn of Africa south to Tanzania. Fez- 
zan records in Libya are widely disjunct. Its occurrence in Libya was treated as questionable by 
Sindaco et al. (2013) and it was not considered by Geniez (2015). 
Libyan Records (Map 60): FEZZAN: Wadi al Shatii : 211: Scortecci 1937a. Ghat : 234: 
Scortecci 1937a. 249: SK 1619; Scortecci 1937a,b, 1939; Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1940; Kramer 
and Schnurrenberger 1963. 
Comments.— Scortecci (1937) and Zavattari (1937) reported this species from the Fezzan 
area as Psammophis biseriatus. Loveridge (1940) acknowledged that his acceptance of the species’ 
occurrence in Libya rested on the authority of these earlier authors. Scortecci’s material was sup- 
