Uropeltis ceylanica

Uropeltis ceylanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Uropeltis
Species: U. ceylanica
Binomial name
Uropeltis ceylanica
Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
  • Uropeltis ceylanicus Cuvier, 1829
  • Uropeltis Ceylanicus - Cocteau, 1833
  • Uropeltis ceylonica - Wagler, 1830
  • Pseudo-typhlops ceylanicus - Schlegel, 1839
  • Siluboura Ceylonicus - Gray, 1845
  • U[ropeltis]. Ceylonicus - Gray, 1845
  • [Coloburus] Ceylanicus - A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A Duméril, 1854
  • Siluboura ceylonica - Gray, 1858
  • Silybura ceylanica - Peters, 1861
  • Silybura brevis Günther, 1862
  • C[oloburus]. Ceylanicus - Jan, 1863
  • Silybura shortii Beddome, 1863
  • Silybura nilgherriensis Beddome, 1863
  • Silybura bicatenata Günther, 1863
  • Siluboura ceylanica - Günther, 1864
  • Silybura shortii - Günther, 1864
  • S[ilybura]. ceylonica - Günther, 1875
  • Silybura nilgherriensis var. Shortii - Beddome, 1886
  • Silybura nilgherriensis var. annulata Beddome, 1886
  • Silybura brevis - Boulenger, 1893
  • Silybura ellioti var. annulata - Boulenger, 1893
  • Silybura ellioti var. shortii - Boulenger, 1893
  • Uropeltis ceylanicus - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Uropeltis (Siluboura) ceylanicus - Mahendra, 1984
  • U[ropeltis]. ceylanicus shortii - Murthy, 1990
  • U[ropeltis]. ceylanicus bicatenata - Murthy, 1990
  • U[ropeltis]. ceylanicus annulata - Murthy, 1990[1]
Common names: Ceylon earth snake, Cuvier's shieldtail, Kerala shieldtail.

Uropeltis ceylanica is a nonvenomous shield tail snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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Geographic range

Found in southern India in the Western Ghats (Kerala) from Castle Rock to Travancore (Anaimalai Hills), in the Eastern Ghats in the Shevaroy Hills, and in the southern Ghats from Kunjithanni (Idikki District) to Trivandrum. The type locality given is "Ceylan" -- a mistake, since this species has never been found there.[1]

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 ceylanica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634735. Retrieved 1 September 2007. 

Further reading

  • Beddome RH. 1863. Descriptions of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863: 225-229.
  • Beddome, RH. 1863. Further notes upon the snakes of the Madras Presidency; with some descriptions of new species. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 6: 41-48 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 306-314, 1940]
  • Beddome RH. 1864. Description of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 13: 177-180
  • Beddome RH. 1886. An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33.
  • Cocteau TH. 1833. Sur le genre de reptiles ophidiens nommé Uropeltis par Cuvier, et description d'une espèce de ce genre. Mag. Zool. Guérin, Paris, Class. III, pl. 2.
  • Gray JE. 1858. On a new genus and several new species of Uropeltidae in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 2: 376-381

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