Platyplectrurus trilineatus

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Lined Thorntail Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Platyplectrurus
Species: P. trilineatus
Binomial name
Platyplectrurus trilineatus
(Beddome, 1867)

Lined Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus trilineatus is a species of snake. Distribution: S India Type locality: Anamally forests; elevation 4,000 feet" [Beddome 1867] Type locality: Madura Hills", S India. [Beddome 1886]

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  • 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.

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