Macroprotodon

Macroprotodon mauritanicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Macroprotodon
Species (4): M. abubakeri – M. brevis – M. cucullatus – M. mauritanicus

Name

Macroprotodon Guichenot, 1850: 22

• Type species: Macroprotodon mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Guichenot, A. 1850. Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Pendant les Années 1840, 1841, 1842. Sciences Physiques. Zoologie. Tome 5. Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles et des Poissons. Imprimerie Nationale: Paris. IV + 144 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wade, E. 1988. Intraspecific variation in the colubrid snake genus Macroprotodon. Herpetological Journal 1(6): 237–245. PDF Reference page. 
• Busack, S.D. & McCoy, C.J. 1990. Distribution, variation and biology of Macroprotodon cucullatus (Reptilia, Colubridae, Boiginae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 59(4): 261–285. BHL Reference page. 
• Wade, E. 2001. Review of the false smooth snake genus Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Algeria with a description of a new species. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series 67(1): 85–107. BHL Reference page. 
• Carranza, S., Arnold, E.N., Wade, E. & Fahd, S. 2004. Phylogeography of the false smooth snakes, Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae): mitochondrial DNA sequences show European populations arrived recently from Northwest Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33(3): 523–532. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.07.009 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Macroprotodon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kapuzennattern
English: False Smooth Snake
español: Culebras de cogulla

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