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Appendix 
Gazetteer of Libyan Reptile Localities 
Localities associated with specimen and literature records of reptiles in Libya arranged by shibayah (dis¬ 
trict) within the three regions of the country: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. Locality numbers corre¬ 
spond to those plotted on the index maps provided (Figs. 3-6). Additions to the gazetteer after the establish¬ 
ment of the numbering system have been intercalated and indicated with a suffix “a.” Some entries were also 
deleted at a late stage and in these cases an asterisk preceding the following locality signals that there is a gap 
in the numerical sequence. See Materials and Methods for information about georeferencing of localities, 
duplicate localities and sources of error. A large series of localities numbered 457 (the locality number for 
unspecified localities within El-Kouf National Park) and followed by a suffix (e.g., a-z, then aa-az, etc.) are 
listed in an indented position after the main entries for the shibayat of Marj and Jabal Akhdar. These are local¬ 
ities from within El-Kouf National Park ( Figs. 3, 3a) based on Schleich (1987), who plotted collection sites 
on his maps but did not provide coordinates or link individual specimens, when listed, to particular localities. 
In order to capture these spatial data, we overlaid his maps of El-Kouf on a map of northern Cyrenaica and 
georeferenced each point, assigning it a letter designation. Locality names include a preferred romanization 
followed, in square brackets, by alternative versions or older names, particularly those used in the herpeto- 
logical literature or found in museum records associated with Libyan specimens. 
