Uropeltis broughami
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| Uropeltis broughami (Beddome, 1878) |
Brougham's Earth Snake, Uropeltis broughami, is a species of snake. Distribution: South India (Palni and Sirumalai Hills, Madura district; Nilgiris) Type locality: Sirumallay hills (Madura district), 5500 feet elevation". Type locality: Lower Pulney hills (Madura district), 4000 feet elevation". [Silybura levingii Beddome].
This snake is also called "Sirumallay's Uropeltis."
[edit] Further reading
- Beddome,R.H. 1878 Description of six new species of snakes of the genus Silybura, family Uropeltidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1878: 800-802.
- 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
- Uropeltis broughami at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2007.
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