Uropeltis rubromaculatus

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Red-spotted Earth Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Uropeltidae Genus: Uropeltis Species: U. rubromaculatus
Binomial name
Uropeltis rubromaculatus (Beddome, 1867)

Red-spotted Earth Snake, Uropeltis rubromaculatus (or Uropeltis rubromaculata), is a species of snake. Distribution: South India (Anaimalai and Nilgiri hills (4,000-5,000 feet).) Type locality: Anamallay forests; 4,000 feet elevation, S India.

[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. 1886 An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33.