Macroprotodon cucullatus

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False Smooth Snake
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Colubridae Genus: Macroprotodon Species: M. cucullatus
Binomial name
Macroprotodon cucullatus Geoffroy de St-Hilaire, 1827

The False Smooth Snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus) is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Libya, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Spain, and Tunisia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, freshwater spring, rocky areas, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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• Corti, C., Mellado, V.P., Geniez, P. &El Din, S.B. 2005. Macroprotodon cucullatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.