Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878)
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Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878) |
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Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878)
Silybura petersi Beddome, 1878a: 154 View in CoL .
TYPE MATERIAL. — Putatively six syntypes: BMNH 1878.1.11.3a-d (= 1946.1.1.7-9 & 1946.1.16.75), and MNHN-RA-1895.80a-b fide Wallach et al. (2014). However, only four (the BMNH specimens) are listed by McDiarmid et al. (1999); the MNHN catalogue lists their specimens as topotypic, and thus they may be part of the BMNH series, gifted from London (suggested by Wallach et al. 2014). See Beddome (1878a).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Forests above Pollachi, Tamil Nadu state, India.
DISTRIBUTION. — India; known with certainty only from the Anaimalai Hill complex South of the Palghat Gap, c. 1220-1700 m ( Wallach et al. 2014; Ganesh 2015).
DESCRIPTION
Maximum total length c. 190 mm, ventrals 150-180, subcaudals 6-11, dorsal scales in 17 rows at midbody (see Smith 1943; Constable 1949). Smith (1943) classified the tail as state III; we agree (our Type III), the specimen examined here resembles U. liura in being slightly compressed, with little distinction of shield scales, being weakly multicarinate, and terminating in an enlarged, projecting, rugose scute. Snout is “Alternate Rounded”. Non-descript color-pattern, with a primarily brown or yellowish-brown dorsum and venter, occasionally with yellowish-white dots, and no tail markings.
REMARK
This species does not seem to have been collected since its description in the late 19th Century based on a lack of published reports, and may be known only from the type series.
BEDDOME R. H. 1878 a. - Descriptions of new Uropeltidae from southern India, with remarks on some previously described species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 46: 154 - 155.
CONSTABLE J. D. 1949. - Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 103: 59 - 160.
GANESH S. R. 2015. - Shieldtail snakes (Reptilia: Uropeltidae. - the Darwin's finches of south Indian snake fauna?, in KANNAN, P. (Ed.) Manual on Identification and Preparation of Keys of Snakes with Special Reference to their Venomous Nature in India. Proceedings by Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, Tamilnadu, India, 13 - 24.
MCDIARMID R. W., CAMPBELL J. A. & TOURE T. 1999. - Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. The Herpetologist's League, Washington, 511 p ..
SMITH M. A. 1943. - The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor & Francis, London, 583 p.
WALLACH V., WILLIAMS K. L. & BOUNDY J. 2014. - Snakes of the World: a Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1209 p.
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Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878)
Pyron, Robert Alexander, Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan, Sayyed, Amit, Sharma, Vivek, Wallach, Van & Somaweera, Ruchira 2016 |
Silybura petersi
BEDDOME R. H. 1878: 154 |