| Eastern Montpellier snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Psammophiidae |
| Genus: | Malpolon |
| Species: | M. insignitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Malpolon insignitus (St.-Hilaire, 1827) | |
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The eastern Montpellier snake (Malpolon insignitus) is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake. [2]
M. insignitus ranges from eastern Morocco through Algeria and from Tunisia around the Mediterranean Sea to western Syria, including Lebanon and Cyprus. In Morocco and western Algeria, it occurs at higher elevations than Malpolon monspessulanus .
It usually has 19 dorsal scale rows on its mid-body, but males lack a dark 'saddle'. It often has narrow, pale longitudinal stripes.
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