Tarentola neglecta lanzai, Bauer & DeBoer & Taylor, 2017

Bauer, Aaron M., DeBoer, Jonathan C. & Taylor, Dylan J., 2017, Atlas of the Reptiles of Libya, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (8), pp. 155-318 : 209-210

Tarentola neglecta lanzai Bshaena and Joger 2013:359 , fig. 5.

2013 Tarentola neglecta lanzai Bshaena and Joger, A new gecko from Libya: Tarentola neglecta lanzai n. ssp. Amphibia-Reptilia 34:353–362.

HOLOTYPE.— SNHM-BS N 44084 “ Mandria Oasis (Libyan Sahara desert, N 26°45′40.73″, E 13°25′37.64″, 538 m above sea level), at ruins of an abandoned building.”

Tarentola neglecta, Le Berre 1989:178 .

Tarentola neglecta, Schleich, Kästle, and Kabisch 1996:277 .

Tarentola neglecta, Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008:136 .

Tarentola neglecta, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:282 .

DISTRIBUTION.— Northern Algeria, into western Libya (Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008). In Libya the nominate form is found in both western Tripolitania and Fezzan and T. n. lanzai occurs only in Fezzan.

Libyan Records (Map 25): Tarentola neglecta neglecta : TRIPOLITANIA: 22:

NMBA-REPT 15390–91. TRIPOLI: 51: NMBAREPT 15392. 53: NMBA-REPT 15297–99.

JABAL AL GHARBI: 158: BMNH 1954.1.5. 50;

Salvador 1982; Joger 1984. FEZZAN: JUFRA:

224: NMBA-REPT 15434–35. GHAT: 234:

Zavattari 1937; Loveridge 1947. WADI AL

HAYAA: 269: MCSN 2006–07; Scortecci

1937a. SABHA: 287: Frynta et al. 2000. “ Fezzan ”: Loveridge 1947.

Tarentola neglecta lanzai : FEZZAN:

WADI AL HAYAA: 275: SNHM BS N 44084;

Joger and Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena and Joger,

2013. 277: SNHM BS N 44085–86; Frynta et al. 2000; Kratochvíl et al. 2002; Joger and

Bshaenia 2010; Bshaena and Joger 2013.

COMMENTS.— In light of the recent MAP 25. Distribution of Tarentola neglecta in Libya. description of T. n. lanzai , all Libyan T. neglec- White dots with black centers represent localities of the nominotypical form and black dots are T. n. lanzai .

ta should be re-examined. We here have assumed that earlier references to T. neglecta that are from the same locality as some of those included by Bshaena and Joger (2013) in their description of the new subspecies, are referable to that form. We have retained all other records under the nominotypical form. Northern records from NMBA (Basel) are tentatively placed here based on identifications provided by the institution, but have not been verified. Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) plotted a locality apparently in eastern Nalut, but we did not capture this record. Tlili et al. (2014) also include Chad in the distribution of this species, citing Schleich et al. (1996), but neither these authors nor others (e.g., Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008; Trape et al. 2012) provide evidence of T. neglecta in Chad. Bshaena and Joger (2013) considered records from Chad to be misidentified T. ephippiata O’Shaughnessy, 1875 . Joger (1984) incorrectly gave the date of Strauch’s description as 1895.

IUCN THREAT STATUS.— Least Concern.