Macroprotodon
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Macroprotodon is a genus of snake
Snake
Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

s in the Colubridae family. All of the members of the genus are commonly known as false smooth snakes.
It contains the following species:
  • Macroprotodon abubakeri
    Macroprotodon abubakeri
    Macroprotodon abubakeri is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is one of four species of the macroprotodon genus.-Source:* Miras, J.A.M., Joger, U., Pleguezuelos, J. & Slimani, T. 2005. . Downloaded on 28 July 2007....

  • Macroprotodon brevis
  • Macroprotodon cucullatus
    Macroprotodon cucullatus
    The False Smooth Snake is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.-Geographic distribution:It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Portugal, Spain, and Tunisia....

  • Macroprotodon mauritanicus


Some authorities consider some of these species to be subspecies of the other species.
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