Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Uropeltis Rank Genus | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Uropeltidae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Lower classifications Uropeltis macrolepis, Uropeltis pulneyensis, Uropeltis phipsonii, Uropeltis ellioti, Uropeltis ceylanica | ||
Uropeltis is a genus of nonvenomous shield tail snakes endemic to peninsular India. As of 2017, 23 species are recognized.
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Geographic range
Most Uropeltis species are found in hills of peninsular India, mainly in southwestern parts of the country, including the Western Ghats and to some extent, also in the Eastern Ghats and in hills of Central India.
Description
Eye in the ocular shield. No supraoculars. No temporals. No mental groove. Tail conical or obliquely truncated, terminating in a small scute, the end of which is square, or bicuspid with the points side by side.
Species
* Not including the nominate subspecies.
T Type species.
Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Uropeltis.
References
Uropeltis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA