Uropeltis maculata

Taxobox
name = "Uropeltis maculata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Uropeltis"
species = "U. maculata"
binomial = "Uropeltis maculata"
binomial_authority = (Beddome, 1878)
synonyms = * "Silybura maculata" - Beddome, 1878
* "Silybura maculata" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Uropeltis maculatus" - M.A. Smith, 1943
* "Uropeltis" ("Crealia") "maculatus" - Mahendra, 1984
* "Uropeltis maculata" - Das, 1996McDiarmid 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).]

Common names: spotted earth snake. "Uropeltis maculata" is a non-venomous shield tail snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634741|taxon="Uropeltis maculata"|year=2007|date=2 September]

Geographic range

Found in southern India in the Western Ghats: Anaimalai Hills and south Kerala. No type locality was given in the original description. Beddome (1886) gives "Anaimalai, higher ranges 6000-7000 feet elevation.

References

Further reading

* Beddome RH. 1878. Descriptions of new Uropeltidae from Southern India, with remarks on some previously described species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1878 (1): 154-155.
* Beddome RH. 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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