Uropeltis ceylanicus
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| Uropeltis ceylanicus Cocteau, 1833 |
Ceylon Earth Snake (Uropeltis ceylanicus) ( or Uropeltis ceylanica) is a species of uropeltidsnake found in the Western Ghats of India.
[edit] Distribution
South India Western Ghats from Castle Rock to Travancore; Shevaroys. The commonest species in the Travancore hills.
Type locality: Ceylon". Type locality: Anamallay Hills. [Silybura brevis Günther] Type locality: the Shevaroys [Shevaroy HilIs], 4,500 feet elevation", S India. [Silybura shortii Beddome] Type locality: Ootacamund, Nilgherries, 7000 feet elevation". [Silybura nilgherriensis Beddome] Type locality: Wayanad, Malabar, 3500 feet elevation", S India. [Silybura bicatenata Günther] Type locality: The Wayanad, Malabar, 3500 feet elevation", S India. [Silybura nilgherriensis var. annulata Beddome]
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- Beddome, Richard Henry 1863 Descriptions of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863: 225-229.
- Beddome, Richard Henry 1863 Further notes upon the snakes of the Madras Presidency; with some descriptions of new species. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 6: 41-48 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 306-314, 1940]
- Beddome,R.H. 1864 Description of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 13: 177-180
- Beddome,R.H. 1886 An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33.
- Cocteau, TH. 1833 Sur le genre de reptiles ophidiens nommé Uropeltis par Cuvier, et description d'une espèce de ce genre. Mag. Zool. Guérin, Paris, Class. III, pl. 2.
- Gray,J.E. 1858 On a new genus and several new species of Uropeltidae in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 2: 376-381
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