- Uropeltis arcticeps
Taxobox
name = Madurai Earth Snake
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Uropeltidae
genus = "Uropeltis "
species = "U. arcticeps"
binomial = "Uropeltis arcticeps"
binomial_authority = (Günther, 1875)Madurai Earth Snake, "Uropeltis arcticeps", is a species of
snake . It is also called the "Tinevelly Uropeltis."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:Tinevelly, S India. ["Silybura arcticeps" Günther] Type locality: High Wavy mountain, Madura district, elevation 5500 feet, S India. ["Silybura madurensis" Beddome] Type locality: North Travancore near Peermede, on coffee estate at an elevation between 3000 and 4000 feet", S India. ["Silybura nilgherriensis" var. "picta" Beddome] .Further reading
* Beddome,R.H. 1878 Description of six new species of snakes of the genus Silybura, family Uropeltidae. 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.External links
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