Eastern Montpellier snake
The eastern Montpellier snake (Malpolon insignitus) is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Malpolon |
| Species: | M. insignitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Malpolon insignitus (St.-Hilaire, 1827) | |
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Geographic range
M. insignitus ranges from eastern Morocco through Algeria and from Tunisia around the Mediterranean Sea to western Syria, including Lebanon and Cyprus. In Morocco and western Algeria, it occurs at higher elevations than Malpolon monspessulanus.
Description
It usually has 19 dorsal scale rows on its mid-body, but males lack a dark 'saddle'. It often has narrow, pale longitudinal stripes.
References
- Aram Agasyan, Aziz Avci, Boris Tuniyev, Petros Lymberakis, Claes Andrén, Dan Cogalniceanu, John Wilkinson, Natalia Ananjeva, Nazan Üzüm, Nikolai Orlov, Richard Podloucky, Sako Tuniyev, Uğur Kaya, Milan Vogrin, Sherif Baha El Din. 2009. Malpolon insignitus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157253A5061050. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/157253/5061050. Downloaded on 23 April 2021.
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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