Uropeltis rubrolineata

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Uropeltis rubrolineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Uropeltis
Species: U. rubrolineata
Binomial name
Uropeltis rubrolineata
(Günther, 1875)
Synonyms
  • S[ilybura]. rubrolineata - Günther, 1875
  • Silybura rubrolineata - Boulenger, 1893
  • Uropeltis rubrolineatus - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Uropeltis (Siluboura) rubrolineatus - Mahendra, 1984
  • Uropeltis rubrolineata - Das, 1996[1]
Common names: red-lined earth snake, red-lined shieldtail, Travancore uropeltis.

Uropeltis rubrolineata is a non-venomous shield tail snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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[edit] Geographic range

Found in southern India in the Western Ghats: south of the Palghat to Bhimshankar and in the Anaimalai and Travancore Hills. The original type locality given is "Anamallays, Tinnevellys." Changed to "Tinnevellys, Travancore Hills" by lectotype designation.[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. ^ Uropeltis rubrolineata (TSN 634750). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 2 September 2007.

[edit] Further reading

  • Ali S. 1949. Extension of range of the earth snake Uropeltis rubrolineatus (Günther). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 482: 376.
  • 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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