Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Uropeltis broughami Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Uropeltidae Higher classification Uropeltis | |
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Uropeltis broughami, commonly known as Brougham's earth snake or the Sirumallay Uropeltis, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. Uropeltis broughami is endemic to India.
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Etymology
The specific name, broughami, is in honor of British botanist Henry Brougham Guppy.
Geographic range
U. broughami is found in southern India (Palni and Sirumalai Hills, Madura district; Nilgiris).
Type locality of Silybura broughami = "Sirumallay hills (Madura district), 5500 feet elevation".
Type locality of Silybura levingii = "Lower Pulney hills (Madura district), 4000 feet elevation".
Description
Dorsum brown, with transverse series of small yellow black-edged ocelli. Sides with series of large yellow spots. Ventrals dark brown.
The longest type specimen is 41 cm (16 1⁄8 in) in total length (including tail).
Dorsal scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 203-230; subcaudals 7-10.
Snout acutely pointed. Rostral laterally compressed, obtusely keeled above, two fifths the length of the shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above much longer than its distance from the frontal. Nasals in contact with each other behind the rostral. Frontal as long as broad, or slightly longer than broad. Eye very small, not half the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 34 to 40 times in the total length. Ventrals not twice as broad as the contiguous dorsal scales. Tail obliquely truncate, flat above, with strongly pluricarinate scales; terminal scute bicuspid.