Uropeltis petersi

Taxobox
name = Shieldtail Earth Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Uropeltis"
species = "U. petersi"
binomial = "Uropeltis petersi"
binomial_authority = (Beddome, 1878)

Shieldtail Earth Snake, "Uropeltis petersi", is a species of snake.Distribution:South India (Anaimalai Hills (4,000-5,000 feet).)Type locality: Anamallays, 4000 feet".Named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist.

This snake is also called the "Shieldtail Earth Snake."

Further reading

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