Teretrurus Beddome, 1886

Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Georgalis, Georgios L., 2023, An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column, Vertebrate Zoology 73, pp. 717-886 : 717

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scientific name

Teretrurus Beddome, 1886
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Material examined.

Teretrurus sanguineus (Beddome, 1867) (CAS Herp 244362 [Morphosource.org: Media 000074710, ark:/87602/m4/ M74710 View Materials ]) .

Description.

Trunk vertebrae. A relatively similar morphology as in other uropeltids.

Trunk / caudal transition. A similar morphology as in other uropeltids.

Number of vertebrae. Teretrurus sanguineus (CAS Herp 244362): 130 trunk vertebrae plus 13 cloacal and caudal vertebrae.

Kingdom

Animalia

Order

Squamata

InfraOrder

Alethinophidia

SuperFamily

Uropeltoidea

Family

Uropeltidae