---
title: "Serpiente Oriental de Montpellier"
description: "Malpolon insignitus — Reptiles. The eastern Montpellier snake (Malpolon insignitus) is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/eastern-montpellier-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Serpiente Oriental de Montpellier

> Malpolon insignitus — Reptiles. The eastern Montpellier snake (Malpolon insignitus) is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake.

- Scientific name: *Malpolon insignitus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1299
- Wikidata: [Q3284617](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3284617)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29450](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29450)

## Names

- en: Eastern Montpellier Snake
- de: Östliche Eidechsennatter
- es: Serpiente Oriental de Montpellier
- fr: Couleuvre Maillée

## Countries with the most observations

GR (400), HR (237), IL (85), AL (75), RU (50), TR (39), BG (35), ME (32), DZ (31), CY (25), TN (23), IR (15)

## Summary

The eastern Montpellier snake (Malpolon insignitus) is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Montpellier_snake

## Photo

![Serpiente Oriental de Montpellier](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-montpellier-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78486238

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-montpellier-snake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).