Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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. 2022. Macroprotodon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 June 2022.
Vernacular names
English: False Smooth Snake
español: Culebras de cogulla
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