Uropeltis macrolepis

Uropeltis macrolepis

Taxobox
name = Bombay Earth Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Uropeltis"
species = "U. macrolepis"
binomial = "Uropeltis macrolepis"
binomial_authority = (Peters, 1862)

Bombay Earth Snake, "Uropeltis macrolepis", is a species of snake.Distribution:South India (Maharashtra (Phansad - near Supegaon, Mahabaleshwar, Koyna, Lonavla) [A. Captain, pers. Comm.] )Type locality: "Ceylon?" [Sri Lanka] Type locality: ,,Mahableshwar, Satara district, Bombay State", India [mahableshwarensis CHARI 1955]

Further reading


* 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.
* Chari, V. K. 1952 Localization of the striped variety of the rough-tailed earthsnake - Uropeltis macrolepis (PETERS) - to Mahableshwar. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 50: 950-951.
* Chari, V. K. 1953 Some more notes on Uropeltis macrolepis (PETERS) with special reference to specimens from Mahableshwar (Western Ghats, Bombay). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 51 (2): 512.
* Chari, V. K. 1954 An addition to the list of snakes of Bombay and Salsette - Uropeltis macrolepis (PETERS) - Uropeltidae. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 52 (1): 213- 214.
* Chari, V. K. 1955 A new form of the burrowing snake, Uropeltis macrolepis (PETERS) from Mahableshwar. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 52 (4): 901.
* Peters,W.H.C. 1862 Über eine neue Art der Schlangengattung Silybura, S. macrolepis. Mber. königl. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1862: 901-905.
* Sekar A G. Almeida M R. 1994 Range extension of the Bombay shield-tail snake Uropelitis macrolepis (Peters 1861) (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 90 (3): 520-521 [1993]

External links

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* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Uropeltis_macrolepis.jpg"U. macrolepis" image 1/5] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 13 December 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Uropeltis_macrolepis2.jpg"U. macrolepis" image 2/5] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 13 December 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Uropeltis_m_macrolepis.jpg"U. macrolepis" image 3/5] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 13 December 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Uropeltis_m_macrolepis2.jpg"U. macrolepis" image 4/5] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 13 December 2007.
* [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Uropeltis_m_mahableshwarensis.jpg"U. macrolepis" image 5/5] at [http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/ Uetz Lab] . Accessed 13 December 2007.


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