#1574 · 🦎 reptiles

Iberian False Smooth Snake

🇳🇱 Iberische Mutsslang ·Macroprotodon brevis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Rodrigo Bustos Gil · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nathan Jackson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © J. Gállego · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © micah · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Spain:© kikegr89 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Portugal:© Mateus Godinho · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Córdoba, ES-AN, ES:© Sebas Piernagorda Copado · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 7000-083 Herdade da Mitra, Portugal:© ruxlourenco · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The western false smooth snake or Iberian false smooth snake ( Macroprotodon brevis ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,076iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,076 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1862 (164 years ago).