Teretrurus

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Teretrurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Teretrurus
Beddome, 1886
Species: T. sanguineus
Binomial name
Teretrurus sanguineus
(Beddome, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Teretrurus - Beddome, 1866
  • Teretrurus sanguineus - Beddome, 1867[1]
Common names: purple-red earth snake.

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

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern India in Wynaad, Travancore (in Nalumukku at 1,350 m elevation and Oothu at 1,300 m), the Manimuthar Hills (in the Western Ghats of the Tinnevelly district) and Nyamakad (Western Ghats of the Kerala Munar Hills at 2,200 m). The type locality given is "Anamallay forests; 4,000 feet elevation."[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. ^ Teretrurus (TSN 634405). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 1 September 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Beddome RH. 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 RH. 1876. Description of a new species Indian snake of the genus Platyplectrurus from the Wynad. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876: 701.
  • Beddome RH. 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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