Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME, 1863
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Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Salty Earth Snake |
Synonym | Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME 1863 Rhinophis sanguineus — BEDDOME 1863 (redescription) Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1863 Rhinophis microlepis — BEDDOME 1863 (redescription) Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME 1864: 179 Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1864: 179 Rhinophis sanguineus — BEDDOME 1886: 8 Rhinophis sanguineus — BOULENGER 1893: 143 Rhinophis sanguineus — SMITH 1943 Rhinophis sanguineus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 140 Rhinophis sanguineus — DAS 2003 Rhinophis sanguineus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 652 |
Distribution | S India (Mysore [Koppa, Kalsa], Wynaad, Nilgiris, Travancore, Tinnevelly, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) Type locality: „Cherambady [Cherambódy], in the Wynand (Malabar), elevation 3,500 feet”, S India [Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME 1863] Type locality: ,,Mr. MINCHIN‘s Estate in the Wynaud" (elevation 3,500 feet), S India [Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1863] |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.54 Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.76 (formerly 74.4.29.110) [Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1863] |
Diagnosis | Description after BEDDOME (1864: 178): “Scales of the body large, in 15 rows; of the anterior portion of the trunk sometimes in 17; rostral much produced, very sharp, conical, horny, produced back, and covering the conjunction of the nasals; nostril in front of nasal shield; eye very small and obscure, in front of ocular shield; four upper labials, 1st small, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th large; caudal disk nearly as long as tail, oblong, covered with excrescences, a red streak down the centre and one on each side. Colour of the body bluish black; belly bright red, with blackish mottlings; anal bifid; subcaudals of the male 9 or 10 pairs, each with 4 to 6 keels, and some of the approximated ventral plates and a few of the two lowest rows of scales also keeled; female subcaudals 6 or 7. Total length of large male 13 inches, female 10 inches; circumference 1 inch; abdominals 195. The brilliant red colour of the abdomen fades in spirits.” Description of Rhinophis microlepis after BEDDOME (1864: 179): “Scales of the body small, in 15 rows; of the anterior portion of the trunk in 17, of the neck in 19. Caudal disk oblong, orbicular, one-half the length of the tail, covered with excrescences, which are confluent into streaks; subcaudals 10; anal bifid; head-plates as in R. sanguineus, but rostral less sharp. Colour of the body greyish black, with indistinct dull yellowish white mottlings; belly yellowish white, with dark mottlings; tail beneath yellowish, with a broad black spot. Abdominals very small, 199. Total length 6 inches; circumference 61 lines” |
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