Uropeltis woodmasoni

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Woodmason's Earth Snake

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Uropeltidae
Genus:	Uropeltis
Species:	U. woodmasoni

Binomial name

Uropeltis woodmasoni
Theobald, 1876

Woodmason's Earth Snake Uropeltis woodmasoni is a species of snake. Distribution: S India (Anamalai and Palni Hills, Travancore, Tinnevelly, Nilgiris) Type locality: Anamallys and Travancore [Silybura melanogaster Günther] Type locality: Palney hills", S India. [Silybura wood-masoni Theobald] Type locality: Pulney Mountains, 4,000 feet elevation". [Silybura nigra Beddome]

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EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

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.