Uropeltis dindigalensis

Taxobox
name = Sirumalai Hills Earth Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Uropeltis"
species = "U. dindigalensis"
binomial = "Uropeltis dindigalensis"
binomial_authority = (Beddome, 1877)

Sirumalai Hills Earth Snake, "Uropeltis dindigalensis", is a species of snake.Distribution:South India (Sirumalai Hills, Madura district, 4,000-5,000 feet)Type locality: Heavy forest on the Sirumullay hills, near Dindigul, at 4000-5000feet elevation.

This snake is also called "Dindigul Uropeltis."

Further reading

* Beddome,R.H. 1877 Descriptions of three new snakes of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877: 167-168.
* 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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