Acanthodactylus erythrurus (Schinz, 1833)

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 : 266

Acanthodactylus erythrurus ( Schinz, 1833:102, pl. 38, bottom figure)

A single specimen, MCSN 2116, from Tripoli, is the basis for the Libyan occurrence of this taxon, which is otherwise known from the Iberian Peninsula and western North Africa, as far east as western Tunisia ( Salvador 1982; Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008). The specimen could not be located during visits to the Milan collection, so the possibility of a range extension into Libya exists, but we believe that the identification is in error and that the specimen represents some other congener.