Macroprotodon cucullatus

Taxobox
name = False Smooth Snake


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Macroprotodon"
species = "M. cucullatus"
binomial = "Macroprotodon cucullatus"
binomial_authority = Geoffroy de St-Hilaire, 1827
synonyms = 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.

ource

* Corti, C., Mellado, V.P., Geniez, P. &El Din, S.B. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61533/all Macroprotodon cucullatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 28 July 2007.