Uropeltis petersi
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Shieldtail Earth Snake |
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Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878) |
Shieldtail Earth Snake, Uropeltis petersi, is a species of snake. Distribution: South India (Anaimalai Hills (4,000-5,000 feet).) Type locality: Anamallays, 4000 feet". Named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist.
This snake is also called the "Shieldtail Earth Snake."
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- Beddome,R.H. 1878 Descriptions of new Uropeltidae from Southern India, with remarks on some previously described species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1878 (1): 154-155.
- 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.