Macroprotodon
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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.
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. ==Taxonomy== The genus Macroprotodon was originally described by French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot in 1850. The genus is in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. ==Species== Macroprotodon contains four species. M. abubakeri M. brevis – western false smooth snake M. cucullatus – false smooth snake M. mauritanicus 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. ==References== ==Further reading== Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Macroprotodon, p. 175). Guichenot A (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons de l'Algérie. Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. 147 pp. + atlas. (Macroprotodon, new genus, and M. mauritanicus, new species, p. 22). (in French).
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