Teretrurus sanguineus

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Purple-red Earth Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Uropeltidae Genus: Teretrurus Species: T. sanguineus
Binomial name
Teretrurus sanguineus (Beddome, 1867)

Purple-red Earth Snake Teretrurus sanguineus is a species of snake. Distribution: S India (Wynaad; Anaimalai hills, Travancore, 3,000- 7,400 feet). Type locality: Anamallay forests; 4,000 feet elevation (above Ponachi" in B. M. catalogue) [1867 Plectrurus sanguineus Beddome] Type locality: Manantoddy, in the Wynad, elevation 2,700 feet" [Platyplectrurus hewstoni Beddome 1876] Type locality: Anamallays', S India [Plectrurus scabricauda TREOBALD] Type locality: Mountains between Travancore and Tinnerelli, above Paupanassum, 3000 to 5000 leet elevation", S India [Teretrurus travancoricus Beddome]

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Beddome,R.H. 1867 Descriptions and figures of five new snakes from the Madras Presidency. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 11: 14-16. [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 315- 317, 1940.]
• Beddome,R.H. 1876 Description of a new species Indian snake of the genus Platyplectrurus from the Wynad. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876: 701.
• 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.