Platyplectrurus

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Platyplectrurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Platyplectrurus
Günther, 1868
Synonyms
  • Platyplectrurus - Günther, 1868
  • Wallia - Werner, 1925[1]
Common names: (none).

Platyplectrurus is a genus of non-venomous shield tail snakes found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Currently, 2 species are recognized.[2]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

[edit] Species

Species[2] Authority[2] Subsp.*[2] Common name Geographic range[1]
P. madurensis Beddome, 1877 1 Southern India (Western Ghats in the Palnai and Travancore Hills) and Sri Lanka (Southern Province).
P. trilineatusT (Beddome, 1867) 0 Southern India in the Western Ghats: the Travancore, Anaimalai, Nilgiri and Palni Hills (Tamil Nadu).

*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
T) Type species.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c d Platyplectrurus (TSN 634401). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.

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