Macroprotodon abubakeri | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Macroprotodon |
Species: | M. abubakeri |
Binomial name | |
Macroprotodon abubakeri Wade, 2001 |
Macroprotodon abubakeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is one of four species in the genus Macroprotodon.
Etymology
The specific name, abubakeri, is in honor of Algerian naturalist Aboubakeur Sid-Ahmed.
Geographic range
M. abubakeri is found in Algeria, Morocco, and possibly Spain.
Habitat
The natural habitat of M. abubakeri is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
Conservation status
M. abubakeri is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Ulrich Joger, Juan Pleguezuelos, Tahar Slimani, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Macroprotodon abubakeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61531A12507652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61531A12507652.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2001). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Macroprotodon abubakeri, p. 1).
Further reading
- Wade E (2001). "Review of the False Smooth Snake Genus Macroprotodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Algeria with a Description of a New Species". Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London (Zool.) 67 (1): 85–107. (Macroprotodon abubakeri, new species, p. 95).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Macroprotodon abubakeri |
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