Rhinophis goweri AENGALS & GANESH, 2013

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Higher Taxa	Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Rhinophis goweri AENGALS & GANESH 2013
Distribution	S India (Bodamalai hills, Tamil Nadu) Type locality: Noolathu Kombai, Bodamalai hills (11°28’ N 78°10’ E; ca. 980 m elevation) situated between Namakkal and Salem districts in Tamil Nadu state, India.
Reproduction	viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: ZSI = Zoological Survey of India, Chennai ZSI GSRCGVRS 256; an adult female, collected by K. Ilango, R. Aengals and party on 2G10G2010.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	The species name in the genitive singular case is a patronym honoring Dr. David Gower of the Natural History Museum, London, for his outstanding studies on shieldtail snakes.
References	Aengals, R.; S. R. Ganesh 2013. Rhinophis goweri — A New Species of Shieldtail Snake from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (1): 61-65 - get paper here Ganesh, S. R.; M. Arumugam 2016. Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist. Russ. J. Herpetol. 23 (1): 7-24 - get paper here 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). [type catalogue] Zoosystema 38 (4): 453-506 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/321941926697079 Google images

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