Platyplectrurus trilineatus (BEDDOME, 1867)
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Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Lined Thorntail Snake |
Synonym | Plectrurus? trilineatus BEDDOME 1867 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — GÜNTHER 1868: 413 Platyplectrurus bilineatus BEDDOME 1886: 33 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — BEDDOME 1886: 32 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — BOULENGER 1893: 165 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — SMITH 1943 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 133 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — BOULENGER 18 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — DAS 2003 Platyplectrurus trilineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 569 |
Distribution | S India (S Western Ghats, Kerala) Type locality: „Anamally forests; elevation 4,000 feet" [BEDDOME 1867] Type locality: ‚,Madura Hills", S India. [BEDDOME 1886] |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.15.72 (formerly 66.12.15.10); MNHN (= MHNP) 95.112—95.113. (BEDDOME 1867); Syntypes: MNHN (= MHNP) 95.114 (BEDDOME 1886) Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.23.54 (formerly 83.1.12.60), 1946.1.23.55 (formerly 83.1.12.61) [bilineatus] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Platyplectrurus can be distinguished from all other amniotes by the characters given for the family, and from other uropeltids by divided oculars, nasals in contact, temporal, lack of a mental groove, dorsal scales in 15 rows at midbody, and posteroventral processofdentaryreducedinP.madurensis(see Olori & Bell2012, Pyron et al. 2016). |
Comment | Type species: Plectrurus trilineatus BEDDOME 1867 is the type species of the genus Platyplectrurus GÜNTHER 1868. |
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