Rhagerhis moilensis, , Sindaco, Venchi, and Grieco, 2013

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 : 257-258

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Rhagerhis moilensis
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Rhagerhis moilensis ( Reuss, 1834:142, pl. 7, fig. 1a–1b)

1834 Coluber moilensis Reuss, Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien. Ophidier. Museum Senckenbergianum 1:127–162, pls. 7–9.

HOLOTYPE.— SMF 20017 (formerly SMF-R III.R.1.a and SMF-B-9143c) fide Boettger (1898) and Mertens (1922, 1967), “Arabien, Gegend von Moilah” [Arabia, vicinity of Al Muwaylah, Al Muqata’ah Ash Shamaliyah Province, Saudi Arabia].

Malpolon moilensis, Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963:511 View in CoL .

Malpolon moïlensis, Le Berre 1989:278 View in CoL .

Malpolon moilensis, Schleich, Kästle, and Kabisch 1996:499 View in CoL .

Rhagerhis moilensis, Sindaco, Venchi, and Grieco 2013:171 .

DISTRIBUTION.— Widely distributed across North Africa from Mauritania to Morocco and across the continent to the east from

Sinai to Sudan and Eritrea. In Asia from Israel to Syria to western Iran and throughout the

Arabian Peninsula. Distributed widely across

Libya.

Libyan Records (Map 61): TRIPOLITA-

NIA: TRIPOLI: 39: FMNH 82961–63. 45: Wern-

er 1909; Ghigi 1913. MISRATAH: 73: ZSM

159/1983. 88: MCSN 4211. JABAL AL GHARBI:

141: SK 1481; Kramer and Schnurrenberger

1963. SIRTE: 185: MCSN 2797; Kramer and

Schnurrenberger 1963. 195: MCSN 2792.

“ Tripolitania ”: Anderson 1898; Zavattari

1934; Scortecci 1939. “ 360 km S. of Tripoli ”:

BMNH 1987.2200. FEZZAN: JUFRA: 214: MAP 61. Distribution of Rhagerhis moilensis in Libya. MSNG 29517. 220: MCSN 2790; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 229: SK 1897–98; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. SABHA: 289: SK 1445; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. MURZUQ: 296: ZCT 2005.30; Ibrahim 2008a. CYRENAICA: BENGHAZI: 367: CAS 135739. 377: SK 48; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 378: SK 381, 571, 752. 379: Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1958. MARJ: 385: Werner 1909. JABAL AL AKHDAR: 423: CM 91594. DARNAH: 475: ANSP 28051. 477: NHMC 80.3.23.2. BUTNAN: 508: NHMC 80.3.23.1. 512: ZSM 158/1983. AL WAHAT: 536: SK 329; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 544: SMF 62312. 547: SK 66–67; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1958, 1963. 548: AMNH R109610; SK 977–78; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 549: SK 401–04; Kramer and Schnurrenberger 1963. 562: MSNG 31586; Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934; Scortecci 1939. KUFRAH: 575: Peters 1880, 1881; Werner 1909; Ghigi 1913, Zavattari 1929, 1930, 1934; Scortecci 1939. LIBYA: NHMW-25664.

COMMENTS.— Böhme and de Pury (2011) discussed the allocation of this species to different genera and presented evidence for its inclusion in Rhagerhis . Most recently, however, Figueroa et al. (2016) presented evidence that R. moilensis was nested within Malpolon and transferred the species back to this genus. Pending further study we here retain it in Rhagerhis .

UCN Threat Status: Not assessed, but assumed to be Least Concern.

ANDERSON, J. 1898. Zoology of Egypt. Vol. l. Reptilia and Batrachia. B. Quaritch, London, United Kingdom. lxv + 371 pp., map, 7 pls., 52 pls.

BOETTGER, O. 1898. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. Il. Teil (Schlangen). Gebruder Knauer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ix + 160 pp.

FIGUEROA, A., A. D. MCKELVY, L. L. GRISMER, C. D. BELL, AND S. P. LAILVAUX. 2016. A species-level phylogeny of extant snakes with description of a new colubrid subfamily and genus. PLoS ONE, 11 (9): e 0161070 [31 pp.].

GHIGI, A. 1913. Materiali per lo Studio della Fauna Libica. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Sceinze dell' Istituto di Bologna, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, 6: 49 - 92.

IBRAHIM, A. A. 2008 a. Contribution to the herpetology of southern Libya. Acta Herpetologica, 3: 35 - 49.

LE BERRE, M. 1989. Faune du Sahara. 1. Poissons - Amphibiens - Reptiles. Lechevalier ~ R. Chabanaud, Paris, France. 332 pp., 1 foldout key.

MERTENS, R. 1922. Verzeichniss der Typen in der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Senckenbergischen Museums. Senckenbergiana, 4 (6), 162 - 183.

MERTENS, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenberg in Frankfurt a. M. nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 48 (A): 1 - 106.

PETERS, W. C. H. 1880. Uber die von Hrn. Gerhard Rohlfs und Dr. A. Stecker auf der Reise nach der Oase Kufra gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1880: 305 - 309, 1 pl. (part).

PETERS, W. C. H. 1881. Amphibien der Expedition nach Kufra. Pages 365 - 369 in Rohlfs, G., Kufra. Reise von Tripolis nach der Oase Kufra. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, Germany. viii + 559 pp., 7 plates, 22 foldout tables, 3 foldout maps.

REUSS, A. 1834. Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien, Ophidier. Museum Senckenbergiana, 1: 127 - 162, pls. VII - IX.

SCHLEICH, H. H., W. KASTLE, AND K. KABISCH. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, Germany. 627 pp.

SCHNURRENBERGER, H. 1963 [1962]. Fishes, amphibians and reptiles of two Libyasn oases, Herpetologica, 18: 270 - 273.

SCORTECCI, G. 1939. Gli Ofidi Velenosi dell'Africa Italiana. Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese, Milano. xv + 292 pp.

SINDACO, R., A. VENCHI, AND C. GRIECO. 2013. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 2. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to the Vol. 1. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina, Italy. 543 pp.

VINCIGUERRA, D. 1931. Spedizione scientifica all'Oasi di Cufra (Marzo-Luglio 1931). Rettili. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova ' Giacomo Doria, ' 55: 248 - 258.

WERNER, F. 1909. Reptilien, Batrachier und Fische von Tripolis und Barka. Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 27: 595 - 646, pl. 30.

ZAVATTARI, E. 1929. Anfibi e rettili della Cirenaica. Notiziario Economico della Cirenaica, 5 / 6: 86 - 88.

ZAVATTARI, E. 1930. Erpetologica della Cirenaica. Archivio Zoologico Italiano, 14: 253 - 289.

ZAVATTARI, E. 1934. Prodromo della Fauna della Libia. Tipografia gia Cooperativa, Pavia. viii + 1234 pp.

SMF

Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Psammophiidae

Genus

Rhagerhis