Uropeltis nitida

Uropeltis nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Uropeltidae
Genus:	Uropeltis
Species:	U. nitida
Binomial name
Uropeltis nitida (Beddome, 1878)
Synonyms
Silybura nitida - Beddome, 1878 Silybura nitida - Boulenger, 1893 Uropeltis nitidus - M.A. Smith, 1943 Uropeltis nitida - Das, 1996[1]

Common names: southern earth snake, Cochin shieldtail.

Uropeltis nitida is a non-venomous shield tail snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in southern India in the Western Ghats on the Cochin side of the Anaimalai Hills. The type locality given is "Anamallays, 4000 to 5000 ft." Beddome (1886) gives the type locality as "Anamallays, about the Nelliampady estates on the Cochin side, elevation 4000 to 5000 feet."^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} McDiarmid 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).
2. ^ "Uropeltis nitida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634744. Retrieved 2 September 2007. 

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.

External links

• Uropeltis nitidus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 September 2007.