Uropeltis rubrolineatus
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| Uropeltis rubrolineatus (Günther, 1875) |
Red-lined Earth Snake, Uropeltis rubrolineatus (or Uropeltis rubrolineata), is a species of snake. Distribution: South India (Western Ghats south of the Palghat Gap to Bhimshankar (80 miles N. E. of Poona, at 2,500 feet, fide ALl 1949: 376). Anaimalai and Travancore hills) Type locality: Anamallays, Tinnevellys". [Silybura rubrolineata Günther]
This snake has also been called "Red-lined Shieldtail" and "Travancore Uropeltis."
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- Ali, S. 1949 Extension of range of the earth snake Uropeltis rubrolineatus (Günther). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 482: 376.
- 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.
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