Scincidae

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 : 226-227

Family Scincidae

Chalcides boulengeri Anderson, 1892:17 , pl. 1, figs. 1–3 ( FIG . 27)

1892 Chalcides boulengeri Anderson, On a small collection of mammals, reptiles, and batrachians from Barbary. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1892:3–24, pl. 1.

SYNTYPES.— ZBMNH 1946.8.2. 77–78, “ Duirat , Tunisia.”

Sphenops sepoides [part], Le Berre 1989:230.

Sphenops boulengeri, Schleich, Kästle, and Kabisch 1996:366 .

Sphenops boulengeri, Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008:201 .

Chalcides boulengeri, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:340 .

DISTRIBUTION.— Southern Morocco,

across northern Algeria to Tunisia and the northwestern quadrant of Libya (Sindaco and

Jeremčenko 2008).

Libyan Records (Map 37): TRIPOLITA-

NIA: TRIPOLI: 39: USNM 37296. 43: MCSN

4112. 45: NHMW 10595; NMBA-REPT 5567;

ZMB 15311–12, 75968–70, 75975–76; Werner

1909; Ghigi 1913; Zavattari 1934; CAS

12745–46, 55171; MZLU Lxx/6335. 49:

BMNH 1965.1201. MURQUB: 60: Peters 1880,

1881; Zavattari 1934. NALUT: 101: BMNH

1965.1200. 104: BMNH 1965.1199. 105:

MNHN 2004.0088; Ibrahim and Ineich 2005.

111: Sindaco obs. 5/2/2008. 128: CUP R 016 ;

Frynta et al. 2000. SIRTE: 199: MCSN 4236.

“ Tripolitania settentrionale ”: Zavattari 1937.

FEZZAN: JUFRA: 216: ZMB 18004; Peters MAP 37. Distribution of Chalcides boulenger i in Libya.

1880, 1881; Werner 1909; Zavattari 1934. 217: Schleich et al. 1996; Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008; Zavattari 1937.

COMMENTS.— This species has been allocated to Sphenops , which has alternatively been regarded as a synonym of Chalcides , a subgenus of Chalcides , or a valid genus (e.g., Pasteur and Bons 1960; Caputo et al. 1993, Geniez et al. 2004, Kalboussi et al. 2006). Most recently, Carranza et al. (2008) presented evidence that a monophyletic Chalcides includes Sphenops spp. Records of Peters (1880, 1881) and Ghigi (1913) of C. sepsoides from Socna and Bir-Milrha, respectively, are in error and are correctly allocated to C. boulengeri according to Werner (1909).

IUCN THREAT STATUS.— Not assessed, but assumed to be Least Concern.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Chalcides boulengeri from 235 km north of Gadamis, Nalut, Tripolitania, Libya, 2008. Photo © Roberto Sindaco.