Uropeltis arcticeps

Uropeltis arcticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Uropeltis
Species: U. arcticeps
Binomial name
Uropeltis arcticeps
(Günther, 1875)
Synonyms

Uropeltis arcticeps, commonly known as the Madurai earth snake or the Tinevelly Uropeltis, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to India.

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Geographic distribution

South India (Western Ghats south of Palghat; from sea level (Alleppey) to about 5,000 feet in the Travancore Hills; Tinnevelly Hills).

Type locality of Silybura arcticeps = "Tinevelly, S India".

Type locality of Silybura madurensis = "High Wavy mountain, Madura district, elevation 5500 feet, S India".

Type locality of Silybura nilgherriensis var. picta = "North Travancore near Peermede, on coffee estate at an elevation between 3000 and 4000 feet", S India".

Footnotes

  1. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Günther, A. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875: 224-234, figure.
  • Beddome, R.H. 1878. Description of six new Species of Snakes of the genus Silybura, Family Uropeltidæ, from the Peninsula of India. 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.
  • Mason, George E. 1888 Description of a new earth-snake of the genus Silybura from the Bombay Presidency with remarks on little known Uropeltidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 22: 184-186.

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