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Macroprotodon abubakeri WADE, 2001

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMacroprotodon abubakeri WADE 2001
Macroprotodon abubakeri — CARRANZA et al. 2001
Macroprotodon abubakeri — CARRANZA et al. 2004
Macroprotodon abubakeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 419 
DistributionNE Morocco, NW Algeria

Type locality: “Oran, Algeria.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1913.7.3.14, a 464 mm male (W. Rothschild and E. Hartert). Paratypes: MNHN, MCZ, FMNH 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Macroprotodon characterised by a series of four maxillary teeth preceding the fangs, nuchal collar entire or sometimes divided; postorbital streak usually entire uniting with the 'arms' of the V-mark. Dorsal body pattern of the 'undifferentiated' or ‘taeniatus' state. Belly usually chequered. Supralabials separated from the parietals or in contact with them. Four posterior infralabials in the majority of specimens. Close to M. mauritanicus from which it is readily separated by possession of an additional maxillary tooth. Postorbital streak usually unbroken. Separable from M. c. brevis by 19 dorsals or in patches of 21 along the body (cf 21 uninterrupted rows); sutural contact between supralabials and parietal in less than half; 4 as opposed to 3 in the posterior series of infralabials; postorbital streak usually separate from the 'arms' of the V-mark. The entire nuchal collar and lack of the 'textilis' pattern distinguishes it from the parapatric M. cucullatus. (Wade 2001)


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CommentDistribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. 
EtymologyNamed after M. Aboubakeur Sid-Ahmed, a naturalist from Tlemcen in northwestern Algeria.
 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • BOUAZZA, ABDELLAH; EL HASSAN EL MOUDEN & ABDESLAM RIHANE 2021. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Morocco: A taxonomic update and standard Arabic names. Herpetology Notes 14: 1-14. - get paper here
  • Carranza, S.; E.N. Arnold; E. Wade and S. Fahd 2004. Phylogeography of the false smooth snakes, Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae): mitochondrial DNA sequences show European populations arrived recently from Northwest Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (3): 523-532 - get paper here
  • FARAONE, F. P., MELFI, R., DI NICOLA, M. R., GIACALONE, G. & M. LO VALVO 2020. The genetic identity of the only Italian population of the genus Macroprotodon Guichenot, 1850 on the island of Lampedusa, Sicily. Vertebrate Zoology 70 (2): 235–240
  • Geniez, Philippe 2018. Snakes of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Princeton University Press, 384 pp. - get paper here
  • Martínez del Mármol, Gabriel; D. James Harris, Philippe Geniez, Philip de Pous, and Daniele Salvi 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 478 pp - get paper here
  • Mediani, Mohamed; José Carlos Brito, Soumia Fahd 2015. Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of northern Morocco: updated distribution and patterns of habitat selection. Basic and Applied Herpetology 29: - get paper here
  • Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R.; Alberto Venchi & Cristina Grieco 2013. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2: Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Snakes of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, with an Update to Volume 1. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 543 pp. - get paper here
  • Trape, J.-F. 2023. Guide des serpents d’Afrique occidentale, centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. IRD Éditions, Marseille, 896 pp.
  • Wade, E. 2001. Review of the False Smooth Snake Genus Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Algeria with a Description of a New Species. Bulletin - Natural History Museum Zoology Series 67 (1): 85-107 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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