Uropeltis rubromaculata

Taxobox
name = "Uropeltis rubromaculata"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Uropeltis"
species = "U. rubromaculata"
binomial = "Uropeltis rubromaculata"
binomial_authority = (Beddome, 1867)
synonyms = * "Silybura rubro-maculata" - Beddome, 1867
* "Silybura rubromaculata" - Beddome, 1886
* "Silybura rubromaculata" - Boulenger, 1896
* "Uropeltis rubromaculatus" - M.A. Smith, 1943
* "Uropeltis" ("Siluboura") "rubromaculatus" - Mahendra, 1984
* "Uropeltis rubromaculata" - 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: red-spotted earth snake.""Uropeltis rubromaculata" is a non-venomous shield tail snake species found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634751|taxon="Uropeltis rubromaculata"|year=2007|date=2 September]

Geographic range

Found in southern India in the Western Ghats: Anaimalai Hills and Nilgiri Hills between 1,200 and 1,500 m elevation. The type locality given is "Anamallay forest; 4,000 feet elevation" [South India] .

References

Further reading

* Beddome RH. 1867. Descriptions and figures of five new snakes from the Madras Presidency. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 11: 14-16. [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 315- 317, 1940.]
* 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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