Brachyophidium

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Brachyophidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Brachyophidium
Wall, 1921
Species: B. rhodogaster
Binomial name
Brachyophidium rhodogaster
Wall, 1921
Synonyms
  • Brachyophidium - Wall, 1921
  • Brachyophidium rhodogaster - Wall, 1921
  • Terestrurus rhodogaster - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Brachyophidium rhodogaster - Rajendran, 1985[1]
Common names: (none).

Brachyophidium is a monotypic genus created for the non-venomous shield tail snake species, B. rhodogaster, found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern India (Western Ghats) in the Palni Hills (Shembaganur on Kodaikanal Hills, Palnis). The type locality given is "Palnai Hills."[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ Brachyophidium (TSN 634399). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Wall F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 28 (1): 41-42.

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