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

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Family Scincidae View in CoL

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

1892 Chalcides boulengeri Anderson, On View in CoL 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 View in CoL .

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 View Materials ;

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.

References

ANDERSON, J. 1892. On a small collection of mammals, reptiles, and batrachians from Barbary. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 3 - 24, pl. 1.

BONS, J. 1960. Description d'un nouveau lezard du Sahara: Eremias pasteuri sp. nov. (1) (Lacertides). Comptes Rendus des Seances Mensuelles de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 1960 (4): 69 - - 71.

CAPUTO, V., G, ODIERNA, AND G. APREA. 1993. Karyological comparisons of Sphenops sepsoides, Chalcides chalcides and C. ocellatus (Reptilia, Scincidae): taxonomic implications. Copeia, 1993 (4): 1180 - 1184.

CARRANZA, S. E., E. N. ARNOLD, P. GENIEZ, J. ROCA, AND J. MATEO. 2008. Radiation and multiple dispersal and parallelism in the skinks Chalcides and Sphenops (Squamata: Scincidae), with comments on Scincus and Scincopus and the age of the Sahara Desert. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46 (3): 1071 - 1094.

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KALBOUSSI, M., A. SPLENDIANI, G. APREA, M. GIOVANNOTTI, S. NOUIRA, AND V. CAPUTO. 2006. Standard karyotype of Chalcides boulengeri (Anderson, 1869) (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Tunisia and Morocco. Amphibia - Reptilia, 27: 137 - 145.

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

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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.

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TRAPE, J. - F., S. TRAPE, AND L. CHIRIO. 2012. Lezards, Crocodiles et Tortues d'Afrique Occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Editions, Marseille, France. 503 pp.

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.

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ZAVATTARI, E. 1937. I vertebrati della Libia. Pp. 526 - 560 in Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Prof. Dr. Embrik Strand. Vol. II. Izdevnieciba Latvija, Riga, Latvia.