Chalcides sepsoides, , Trape, Trape, and Chirio, 2012

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Chalcides sepsoides ( Audouin, 1827:180, supplement pl. 2, figs. 9–10)

1827 Scincus sepsoïdes Audouin, Explication sommaire des planches de reptiles (supplément), publiées par Jules-César Savigny, Membre de l’Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres, avec la distinction des espèces. Pp. 161–184 In: M. J.-C. L. de Savigny, (ed.), Description de l’Égypte, ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été Faites en Égypte Pendant l’Expédition de l’Armée Française. Histoire Naturelle. Tome premier. Partie premier. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris.

SYNTYPES.— Specimens illustrated in figures 9 and 10 of Atlas supplement plate 2 of Description de l’Égypte , not located fide Brygoo (1985), “ Égypte.”

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

Sphenops sepsoides, Schleich, Kästle, and Kabisch 1996:369 .

Sphenops sepsoides, Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008:202 .

Chalcides sepsoides, Trape, Trape, and Chirio 2012:348 .

DISTRIBUTION.— From central Libya east through Cyrenaica to Egypt, Sinai, Israel, and western Jordan. Most Libyan localities occupy the northeast quadrant of the country.

Libyan Records (Map 40): FEZZAN:

JUFRA: 216: Peters 1880, 1881; Zavattari 1934;

Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008. SABHA: 291:

NMBA-REPT 15354. CYRENAICA: BENG-

HAZI: 357: Umani 1923; Zavattari 1930, 1934.

361: BMNH 1987.1027, 1988.193. MARJ: 385:

Zavattari 1937. AL WAHAT: 529: NMP 34935;

NMBA-REPT 15355; NMP 34935; Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934; Moravec 1995. 531:

BMNH 1965.1202. 538: NMBA-REPT 15356.

540: BMNH 1965.1203. 544: BMNH

1965.1204–11; MSNG 31595*; Vinciguerra

1931; Zavattari 1934. 560: Vinciguerra 1931.

562: Vinciguerra 1931; Zavattari 1934. 564:

BMNH 1932.3.6. 16–17; Vinciguerra 1931 ;

Zavattari 1934, 1937; Schleich et al. 1996.

“ Nordost-Libyen ”: ZMB 62956–59.

“ Between Agedabia and Gialo ”: MSNG MAP 40. Distribution of Chalcides sepsoides in Libya.

31595*. “ 365 km SW of Benghazi ”: BMNH 1987.1028. “ Sirtica ”: Zavattari 1937. LIBYA: BMNH 1988.194; MZUF 20613.

COMMENTS.— The complicated dating of the natural history portions of Description de l’Égypte has been elucidated by Sherborn (1897) and Tollitt (1986). This species has been allocat- ed 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.

IUCN THREAT STATUS.— Least Concern.