Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Malpolon
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Montpellier Snakes
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Eidechsennattern
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Palæarktiske Øglesnoge
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1826 |  |
Malpolon Fitzinger (type species: Natrix lacertina Wagler in Spix 1824) |
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1830 | |
Coelopeltis Wagler (type species: Natrix lacertina Wagler in Spix 1824; syn. Williams & Wallach 1989) |
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1831 | |
Rhabdodon Fleischmann (type species: Rhabdodon fuscus Fleischmann 1831) |
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1837 | |
Bothriophis Eichwald (type species: Bothriophis distinctus Eichwald 1837) |
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1862 | |
Rhagerhis Peters (type species: Rhagerhis producta Peters 1888; syn. Figueroa, KcKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux 2016) |
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1995 | |
Scutophis Brandstätter (type species: Coluber moilensis Reuss 1834) |
Contents:
3 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Europe, N. Africa, Middle East.
Reported from:
Albania,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Chad,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Eritrea,
France,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Gibraltar,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands,
Dodecanese Islands
[incl.
Rhodes],
Sporades Islands),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Italy
(incl.
Pelagie Islands
[Lampedusa]),
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
Niger,
North Macedonia,
Oman
(incl.
Masirah),
Portugal,
Qatar,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Spain,
Sudan,
Syria,
Tunisia,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
United Arab Emirates,
Western Sahara,
Yemen.
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Malpolon insignitus
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Eastern Montpellier Snake
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Östliche Eidechsennatter
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Østlig Øglesnog
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1827 | |
Coluber insignitus Geoffroy in Savigny |
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Coelopeltis insignitus Haimann 1822 |
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Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus Mertens & Müller 1928 |
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Malpolon insignitus Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 |
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1831 | |
Rhabdodon fuscus Fleischmann (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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Malpolon monspessulanus fuscus Sindaco, Serra & Menegon 2006 |
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Malpolon insignitus fuscus Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos 2006 |
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Malpolon fuscus Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 |
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1832 | |
Coluber flexuosus Fischer (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1832 | |
Coluber vermiculatus Menetries (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1837 | |
Bothriophis distinctus Eichwald (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1838 | |
Coluber monspessulanus neumayeri Bonaparte (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1932 | |
Coluber virens Dwigubskij (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
Remarks:
Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014) treated fuscus as a separate species, referring to Carranza, Arnold & Pleguezuelos (2006), but these authors did not
regard fuscus as a separate species, but as a subspecies of insignitus.
Presence in NE. Italy and Slovenia needs confirmation (Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016).
Included for Sudan by some authors (e.g., Berre 1989 [as monspessulanus]; Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch 1996; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014), but without
mentioning any localities.
Not mentioned for Saudi Arabia by Aloufi, Amr, Baker & Hamidan (2019).
Distribution:
Albania,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Georgia,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands,
Dodecanese Islands
[incl.
Rhodes],
Sporades Islands),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Italy
(incl.
Pelagie Islands
[Lampedusa]),
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
North Macedonia,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan,
Syria,
Tunisia,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey).
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Malpolon insignitus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Malpolon moilensis
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Moila Snake, Hooded Malpolon, (False Cobra)
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Moilanatter, Arabische Eidechsennatter
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Hætte-øglesnog
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1834 | |
Coluber moilensis Reuss |
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Coelopeltis moilensis Anderson 1895 |
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Malpolon moilensis Parker 1931 |
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Scutophis moilensis Brandstätter 1995 |
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Rhagerhis moilensis Böhme & Pury 2011 |
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1888 | |
Rhagerhis producta Peters (Gasperetti 1988) |
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1919 | |
Coelopeltis cordofanensis Werner (Böhme & Pury 2011) |
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1923 | |
Rhamphiophis septentrionalis Angel (Chippaux 2001) |
Remarks:
Previously placed in a separate, mootypic genus, Rhagerhis.
Reassigned to Malpolon by Figueroa, KcKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux (2016).
Two specimens are reported to have come from Ghana (Gasperetti 1988).
Previously included
Rhamphiophis maradiensis.
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Eritrea,
Ghana,
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Oman
(incl.
Masirah),
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan,
Syria,
Tunisia,
United Arab Emirates,
Western Sahara,
Yemen.
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Malpolon monspessulanus
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Western Montpellier Snake
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Westliche Eidechsennatter
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Vestlig Øglesnog
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1804 | |
Coluber monspessulanus Hermann |
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Malpolon monspessulanus Mertens & Müller 1928 |
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1824 | |
Natrix lacertina Wagler in Spix (Böhme (ed.) 1999) |
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Coelopeltis lacertina Taton-Baulmont 1900 |
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1826 | |
Coluber rupestris Risso (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1848 | |
Coluber monspeliensis Gervais [substitute name for Coluber monspessulanus Hermann 1804] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1907 | |
Coelopeltis monspessulana occidentalis Werner (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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2006 | |
Malpolon monspessulanus saharatlanticus Geniez, Cluchier & de Haan |
Remarks:
Previously included insignitus (e.g., Werner 1971).
A record from Mauritania (Boulenger 1919) was probably based on specimens from Morocco (Padial 2006).
A recent record from Corsica (Köhler & Hantke 2007) is erroneous (Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013).
Habeeb & Rastegar-Pouyani (2016) listed both insignitus and monspessulanus from Iraq, but the latter is obviously an error.
Introduced to:
Spain
(Balearic Islands
[Mallorca,
Pityusic Islands
(Formentera,
Ibiza)]).
Distribution:
Algeria,
France,
Gibraltar,
Italy,
Morocco,
Portugal,
Spain,
Western Sahara.
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Malpolon monspessulanus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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