Uropeltis arcticeps

Uropeltis arcticeps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
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. It is endemic to India.

Geographic distribution

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

Type locality of Silybura arcticeps = "Tinevelly, S India".

Type locality of Silybura madurensis = "High Wavy mountain, Madura district, elevation 5500 feet, S India".

Type locality of Silybura nilgherriensis var. picta = "North Travancore near Peermede, on coffee estate at an elevation between 3000 and 4000 feet", S India".

Further reading

• Günther, A. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875: 224-234, figure.
• Beddome, R.H. 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, R.H. 1886. An Account of the Earth-Snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33.
• Mason, George E. 1888 Description of a new earth-snake of the genus Silybura from the Bombay Presidency with remarks on little known Uropeltidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 22: 184-186.

External links

• Uropeltis arcticeps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2007.