Melanophidium bilineatum BEDDOME, 1870
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| Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Two-lined Black Earth Snake |
| Synonym | Melanophidium bilineatum BEDDOME 1870
Melanophidium bilineatum — BEDDOME 1886: 30
Melanophidium bilineatum — BOULENGER 1893: 164
Melanophidium bilineatum — SMITH 1943: 66
Melanophidium bilineatum — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 130
Melanophidium bilineatum — DAS 2003 |
| Distribution | India
Type locality: „near the summit of the Peria peak in the Wynaad, elevation
5,000 feet, and also at a similar elevation on the Tirrhioot peak” [ = west of Manatoddy, fide SMITH 1943]
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| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 72.1.2.5 (= 1946.1.15.75); M. H. N. P. No. 95. 111. |
| Comment | After GANS 1969, this species is known from the three types only. |
| References |
- Beddome, R. H. 1870. Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 2: 169-176 [Reprint.: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 327-334, 1940]
- 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. - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
- Das, Indraneil 2003. Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100 (2-3): 446-502
- McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
- Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
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