Macroprotodon
Genus of snakes
Macroprotodon is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. All of the member species of the genus are commonly known as false smooth snakes.
01Taxonomy
The genus Macroprotodon was originally described by French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot in 1850. The genus is in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.
02Species
Macroprotodon contains four species.
- M. abubakeri Wade, 2001
- M. brevis (Günther, 1862), western false smooth snake
- M. cucullatus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827), false smooth snake
- M. mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850
Some authorities have considered some of these species to be subspecies of the other species.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Macroprotodon.
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- Benny Trapp Macroprotodon brevis.jpg by Benny Trapp, CC BY 3.0
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