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Uropeltis arcticeps

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Species of snake

Uropeltis arcticeps
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Uropeltis
Species: U. arcticeps
Binomial name
Uropeltis arcticeps
(Günther, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Silybura arcticeps
    Günther, 1875
  • Silybura madurensis
    Beddome, 1878
  • Silybura nilgherriensis var. picta
    Beddome, 1886
  • Uropeltis arcticeps
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Uropeltis arcticeps, commonly known as the Madurai earth snake or the Tinevelly uropeltis, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India.

Geographic distribution

U. arcticeps is found in South India (Western Ghats south of Palghat; from sea level (Alleppey) to about 5,000 feet in the Travancore Hills; Tinnevelly Hills).

The type locality of Silybura arcticeps is "Tinevelly, S India", and the type locality of Silybura nilgherriensis var. picta is "North Travancore near Peermede, on coffee estate at an elevation between 3000 and 4000 feet, S India".

References

  1. Ganesh, S.R. (2021). "Uropeltis arcticeps ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T127959318A127959403. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. Species Uropeltis arcticeps at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Günther A (1875). "Second Report on Collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 224-234. (Silybura arcticeps, new species, p. 229, Figure 1).
  • Beddome RH (1878). "Description of six new Species of Snakes of the Genus Silybura, Family Uropeltidæ, from the Peninsula of India". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1878: 800-802.
  • Beddome RH (1886). "An Account of the Earth-Snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 17: 3-33. (Silybura nilgherriensis Var. picta, new variety, p. 16).
  • Mason GE (1888). "Description of a new Earth-Snake of the Genus Silybura from the Bombay Presidency, with Remarks on other little-known Uropeltidae". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 1: 184-186.


Taxon identifiers
Uropeltis arcticeps
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