Plectrurus aureus

Plectrurus aureus

Taxobox
name = Kerala Shieldtail
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Plectrurus"
species = "P. aureus"
binomial = "Plectrurus aureus"
binomial_authority = Beddome, 1880

Kerala Shieldtail "Plectrurus aureus" is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats.Distribution:SW IndiaType 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"

Further reading


* Beddome,R.H. 1880 Description of a new snake of the genus Plectrurus from Malabar. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1880: 182.
* 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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