---
title: "False smooth snake"
description: "Macroprotodon brevis — Reptielen. The western false smooth snake or Iberian false smooth snake (Macroprotodon brevis) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/iberian-false-smooth-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# False smooth snake

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

- Scientific name: *Macroprotodon brevis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1052
- Wikidata: [Q3021003](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3021003)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73858](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73858)

## Names

- en: Iberian False Smooth Snake
- de: Iberische Kapuzennatter
- es: Culebra de cogulla occidental
- fr: Couleuvre à capuchon occidentale
- nl: False smooth snake

## Countries with the most observations

ES (499), PT (366), MA (134)

## Summary

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

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

## Photo

![False smooth snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/iberian-false-smooth-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pablo Galván Mateos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205738484

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/iberian-false-smooth-snake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).