Teretrurus rhodogaster
| Teretrurus rhodogaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Uropeltidae |
| Genus: | Brachyophidium Wall, 1921 |
| Species: | B. rhodogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachyophidium rhodogaster Wall, 1921
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Brachyophidium is a monotypic genus created for the nonvenomous shield tail snake species, Brachyophidium rhodogaster, endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
It is perhaps the smallest species of shield tail snake, with adults barely exceeding 5-6 inches.
- Common names: Wall's shield tail snake.
Geographic range
It is found in South India, in the Western Ghats encompassing the Palni Hills (Shembaganur in Kodaikanal Hills, Palnis).
The type locality given is "Palnai Hills."[1]
See also
- List of uropeltid species and subspecies
- Uropeltidae by common name
- Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- ^ a b McDiarmid 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).
- ^ Pyron, R. A., Ganesh, S. R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V., & Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Zoosystema, 38(4), 453-506.
Further reading
- F. Wall (1921). "A new snake of the family Uropeltidae". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 28 (1): 41–42.
External links
- Brachyophidium rhodogaster at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.