Brachyophidium

Taxobox
name = "Brachyophidium"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Uropeltidae
genus = "Brachyophidium"
genus_authority = Wall, 1921
species = "B. rhodogaster"
binomial = "Brachyophidium rhodogaster"
binomial_authority = Wall, 1921
synonyms = * "Brachyophidium" - Wall, 1921----
* "Brachyophidium rhodogaster" - Wall, 1921
* "Terestrurus rhodogaster" - M.A. Smith, 1943
* "Brachyophidium rhodogaster" - Rajendran, 1985McDiarmid 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: (none).""Brachyophidium" is a monotypic genus created for the non-venomous shield tail snake species, "B. rhodogaster", found in southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634399|taxon="Brachyophidium"|year=2007|date=1 September]

Geographic range

Found in southern India (Western Ghats) in the Palni Hills (Shembaganur on Kodaikanal Hills, Palnis). The type locality given is "Palnai Hills."

ee also

* List of uropeltid species and subspecies
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References

Further reading

* Wall F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 28 (1): 41-42.

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