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Higher TaxaPsammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesMalpolon insignitus insignitus (GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE 1809)
Malpolon insignitus fuscus (FLEISCHMANN 1831) 
Common NamesE: Eastern Montpellier Snake
G: Östliche Eidechsennatter
F: Couleuvre maillée
Croatian: zmajur
Russian: Ящеричная змея
Italian: colubro lacertino orientale 
SynonymColuber insignitus GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE 1827: 147
Coelopeltis insignitus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1130
Coelopeltis monspessulana var. insignita — VENZMER 1919: 96
Coelopeltis monspessulana BOULENGER 1920
Malpolon monspessulana insignitus — MERTENS & MÜLLER 1928
Malpolon monspessulana insignitus — SCHMIDT 1939
Malpolon monspessulana insignitus — HELLMICH 1959
Malpolon monspessulana KHALAF 1960
Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus — ESTERBAUER 1985
Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus — FRYNTA et al. 1997
Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus — HRAOUI-BLOQUET et al. 2002
Malpolon insignitus — CARRANZA et al. 2006
Malpolon monspessulanus — TOSONOGLU et al. 2009
Malpolon insignitus — BAIER et al. 2009
Malpolon insignitus — WIRTH 2010
Malpolon insignitus — MACHTS 2010
Malpolon insignitus — JABLONSKI 2011
Malpolon insignitus — MEIRI et al. 2019

Malpolon insignitus fuscus (FLEISCHMANN 1831)
Rhabdodon fuscus FLEISCHMANN 1831
Coluber flexuosus FISCHER 1832
Coluber monspessulanus neumayeri BONAPARE 1838 (in 1832-1841)
Coelopeltis monspessulana var. neumeyeri — VENZMER 1919: 96
Malpolon monspessulanus fuscus — SINDACO et al. 2006
Malpolon insignitus fuscus — CARRANZA et al. 2006
Malpolon fuscus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 415
Malpolon insignitus fuscus — MAHROO et al. 2017
Malpolon insignitus fuscus — CATTANEO 2017
Malpolon insignitus fuscus — GEBHART 2020
Malpolon insignitus fuscus — ZAUNER 2023 
Distributioncoastal Croatia (including some adriatic islands),
Slovenia (?), Hercegovina, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Serbia,
Greece (incl. Corfu = Corfou, Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Samothraki), Bulgaria, Cyprus, Armenia,
Republic of Georgia, Azerbaijan,
W Iran, Iraq, W Arabia,
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia (Gafsa), N Libya (Al Jabal, Al Murqub, Al Nuquat Al Khams, Banghazi, Tarabulus, Tripoli), N Egypt (Alexandria, Beheira, EI-Bahr El-Ahmar, Damietta, Fayum, Kafr EI-Shaikh, Matrouh, North Sinai, Sharkeya),
Israel (Central, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Tel Aviv, West Bank), Jordan (Al Karak, Al Mafraq, Amman, Belqa Irbid, Ma'an), Lebanon (Beirut, Beqaa, EI Jnoub, Liban-Nord, Mont-Liban, Nabatiye), (Amman, Balqa, Irbid, Jarash, Karak, Maan, Mafraq) and S Syria (Homs), 0-1400 m. elevation; Type locality: “Egypt”, restricted to “Lower Egypt” by MERTENS & MÜLLER 1928: 51.

fuscus: Italy (Liguria, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Lampedusa), Croatia (Cres, Korcula, Krk and Mljet Is.), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, N Macedonia, Albania, S Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Haskovo, Kardzhali, Plovdiv, Yambol), Cyprus, Turkey (Adana, Ankara, Balikesir, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Istanbul, Izmir, Kars, Konya, Mardin, Siirt, Urfa), Greece (Aitolia and Akarnania, Alonissos, Arkadhia, Akhaia, Argolis, Arta, Attica, Drama, Evritania, Euboea, Evros, Evvola, Florina, Fokis, Fthiotis, Grevena, Hydra, Idhra, Ilia, Imathia, Ioannina, Kardhitsa, Kastoria, Kefallinfa, Kerkira, Khalkidhiki, Khios, Kilkis, Korinthia, Kos, Kozani, Lakonia, Larisa, Lesvos (= Lesbos), Levkas, Magnisia, Messinia, Paros, Pella, Pieria, Preveza, Rodhopi, Salamis, Samos, Samothraki, Serrai, Skiathos, Skopelos, Thasos, Thesprotia, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Voiotia, Xanthi, Zakinthos), Armenia, Azerbaijan, ext. SW Russia, N Iraq (Dohuk, Khordestan), Iran (Bakhtaran, Central, East Azerbaijan, Hamadan, Hormozghan, Khuzestan, Mazandaran, Razavi Khorasan, West Azerbaijan, Zanjhan), Syria, elevation 0-700 m.; Type locality: "Dalmatia et Istria prope ad hortes et urbes" [= gardens and urban Croatia and Istrian Peninsula].  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: nondesignated, location unknown (fide WALLACH et al. 2014: 416)
Holotype: nondesignated, location unknown (fide WALLACH et al. 2014: 416) [fuscus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Dorsal scales without keels; dorsal surface of snout with longitudinal concave furrow; frontal narrower than the supraocular; two loreals; no dark spot between parietals and angle of mouth. (Leviton et al. 1992)


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CommentVenomous!

CARRANZA et al. (2006) suggested to subdivide the species M. insignitus into M. insignitus fuscus and M. i. insignitus.

Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013 and Bar et al. 2021. 
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