Macroprotodon brevis

Macroprotodon brevis

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: Macroprotodon brevis

Name

Macroprotodon brevis (Günther, 1862)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.87, collected by R.T. Lowe between 1858–1861.
• Type locality: “small island (without name) off the coast of Mogador”.

Combinations

• Coronella brevis Günther, 1862: 58 [original combination]
• Macroprotodon cucullatus brevis — Pasteur & Bons, 1960 [subsequent combination]
• Macroprotodon brevis — Wade, 2001: 100 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1862. On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 9(49): 52–59. 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• 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 brevis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2022.
• Joger, U., Sá-Sousa, P. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Macroprotodon brevis  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61532A12508324. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61532A12508324.en. Accessed on 23 June 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Iberian False Smooth Snake
español: Culebra de cogulla occidental
français: Couleuvre à Capuchon Occidentale

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