Uropeltis myhendrae

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Boulenger's Earth Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Uropeltis
Species: U. myhendrae
Binomial name
Uropeltis myhendrae

Boulenger's Earth Snake, Uropeltis myhendrae, is a species of snake. Distribution: South India (Western Ghats south of the Goa Gap; Nilgiris, Travancore; 2,000 - 4,000 feet) Type locality: SouthTravancore, on the Myhendra Mountain", S India.

It is also called the "Myhendra Mountain Uropeltis."

[edit] Further reading

  • 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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