Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n4a2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4579353 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A82A47-8304-FF9C-FEC2-FF62FE4378FD |
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Felipe |
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Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880 |
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Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880
Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880: 182 .
TYPE MATERIAL. — Two syntypes: BMNH 1883.1.12.53 (= 1946.1.1.54) and MNHN-RA-1895.107.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Chembra Peak, Wayanad hills, Kerala state, India.
DISTRIBUTION. — India, known only from type locality, in the western Nilgiris at elevations c. 2050 m (see Beddome 1880; Wallach et al. 2014; Ganesh 2015).
DESCRIPTION
Maximum total length c. 400 mm, ventrals 164-177, subcaudals 8-12 (see Beddome 1880; Smith 1943). Distinctive color-pattern, with a golden-brown dorsum incompletely ringed with fragmentary purplish-black crossbands or spots.
REMARK
This species has apparently not been collected since the late 19th century based on a lack of recent published reports or accessioned specimens, and is known from only a few specimens collected by Beddome.
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Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880
| Pyron, Robert Alexander, Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan, Sayyed, Amit, Sharma, Vivek, Wallach, Van & Somaweera, Ruchira 2016 |
Plectrurus aureus
| BEDDOME R. H. 1880: 182 |