Pseudotyphlops

Taxobox
name = Large Shield Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Pseudotyphlops"
genus_authority = Schlegel, 1839
species = "P. philippinus"
binomial = "Pseudotyphlops philippinus"
binomial_authority = Müller, 1832
synonyms = * "Pseudo-typhlops" - Schlegel, 1839
* "Pseudotyphlops" - M.A. Smith, 1943----
* "Uropeltis philippinus" - Cuvier, 1829
* "Uropeltis philippina" - Wagler, 1830
* "Uropeltis philippinus" - Müller, 1832
* "Uropeltis philippinus" - Eydoux & Gervais, 1837
* "Pseudo-Typhlops philippinus" - Schlegel, 1839
* "Uropeltis Saffragamus" - Kelaart, 1853
* "Uropeltis Grandis" - Kelaart, 1853
* "Uropeltis pardalis" - Kelaart, 1853
* "Uropeltis grandis" - Boulenger, 1893
* "Pseudotyphlops philippinus" - M.A. Smith, 1943McDiarmid 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: Large shield snake.""Pseudotyphlops" is a monotypic genus of snakes containing the species "P. philippinus", which is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=|taxon=|year=2007|date=17 August]

Geographic range

Found in Sri Lanka in central and southern Uva and Sabaragamuwa Provinces. Vertical range is from near sea level to 900 m elevation. The type locality given is "Philippinschen Inseln": in error, according to Smith (1943).

Taxonomy

"Pseudotyphlops" is also mentioned in the synonymy of "Ramphotyphlops", a genus of blind snakes, but then as a name proposed by Fitzinger in 1843. However, at the time this name was already preoccupied by Schlegel's "Pseudo-typhlops" (1939).

ee also

* List of uropeltid species and subspecies
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