About Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) is characterized by typically having 19 dorsal scale rows across its mid-body. Males of this species do not have a dark 'saddle' marking, and individuals often bear narrow, pale longitudinal stripes. The geographic range of M. insignitus covers multiple regions: the eastern Adriatic coast (including Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania), the southern Balkans (including Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Greece), western Asia and the Caucasus (including Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, and Iran), and coastal northern Africa (including Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria).
