| Kerala Shieldtail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Uropeltidae |
| Genus: | Plectrurus |
| Species: | P. aureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880 |
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Kerala Shieldtail Plectrurus aureus is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats. Distribution: SW India Type locality: Chambra mountain in Wynad, near Kalpatty - one under an old rotten log at 6,000 feet elevation, the other under a large stone at 4,500 feet, both in heavy evergreen forest".