Uropeltis macrorhyncha

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Uropeltis macrorhyncha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Uropeltis
Species: U. macrorhyncha
Binomial name
Uropeltis macrorhyncha
(Beddome, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Silybura macrorhyncha - Beddome, 1877
  • Silybura macrorhynchus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Uropeltis macrorhynchus - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Uropeltis (Siluboura) macrorhynchus - Mahendra, 1984
  • Uropeltis macrorhyncha - Das, 1996[1]
Common names: Anaimalai earth snake.

Uropeltis macrorhyncha is a non-venomous shield tail snake species found in ... No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern India in the Western Ghats: Anaimalai Hills, Madura District. The type locality given is "Anamullay Mountains, 4,000 feet elevation." Also, Beddome, 1886, gives a type locality of "Anamallays, dense forests above Ponachi, at an elevation of 4000 feet.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Uropeltis macrorhyncha (TSN 634740). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 2 September 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Beddome RH. 1877. Descriptions of three new snakes of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877: 167-168.
  • Beddome RH. 1886. An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33.

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