Plectrurus canaricus
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Kanara Shieldtail | ||||||||||||||||
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Plectrurus canaricus (Beddome, 1870) |
Kanara Shieldtail Plectrurus canaricus is a species of snake. Distribution: S India Type locality: "South Canara, [..] on the top of the Kudra Mukh, a mountain 6000 feet high" (elevation)
[edit] Further reading
- Beddome, R. H. 1870 Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 2: 169-176 [Reprint.: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 327-334, 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.
[edit] External links
- Plectrurus canaricus at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2007.