Trape et al. (2012) considered West African P. lhotei a junior synonym of P. zolii as its morphological characters fall within the range of variability of Egyptian P. zolii reported by Baha El Din (2006).

[1][3] The specific name, zolii, is in honor of Italian diplomat Corrado Zoli, who was president of the Società geografica italiana.

[4] The specific epithet, lhotei, is in honor of French ethnographer Henri Lhote.

Dorsal side of the forelimbs covered by 2 or 3 large imbricate series of plates edged with black.

It is known in Libya from the Oasis of Elbarkat (Al Barkat) 8 km south of Ghat in Fezzan and from near Ajedabia in western Cyrenaica.

[1] The five widely scattered records of P. zolii which also occurred only in very small populations indicate that it is a very rare species.

Here it can be found climbing in microhabitats created by the halfa grass Desmostachya bipinnata and also in stands of Alhagi graecorum.