Summary ⁷

Malpolon monspessulanus, commonly known as the Montpellier snake, is a species of colubrid.

Range description ⁸

This species ranges widely in Portugal, Spain (generally absent from the Cantabrian Mountains), southeastern France, and northwestern Italy (Liguria); in North Africa it distributes along northern Algeria, Morocco and coastal areas of Western Sahara. It ranges from sea level up to 2,160m asl.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Trebol-a, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/70417829@N00/4812940396
2. (c) Valter Jacinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://s.yimg.com/pw/images/en-us/photo_unavailable_l.png
3. Barbod Safaei, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0911/0001.jpeg
4. Barbod Safaei, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0911/0003.jpeg
5. Barbod Safaei, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0911/0004.jpeg
6. Barbod Safaei, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0911/0002.jpeg
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpolon_monspessulanus
8. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18811722

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• Snake Database
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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