Teretrurus siruvaniensis CYRIAC, GANESH, MADANI, GHOSH, KULKARNI & SHANKER, 2024

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Higher Taxa	Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
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Synonym	Teretrurus siruvaniensis CYRIAC, GANESH, MADANI, GHOSH, KULKARNI & SHANKER 2024
Distribution	India (Kerala) Type locality: base of Elival Malai, Siruvani Hills (10.9671507° N, 76.6343686° E; 996 m elevation), a part of the Nilgiri Hill Complex, situated just north of the Palghat Gap, in Palakkad district, Kerala, India.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. BNHS 3758, adult male. Collected by Avrajjal Ghosh and Vivek Cyriac, 24 September 2014. Paratypes (n = 1). BNHS 3759 (female), same locality as holotype (10.9671507 N, 76.6343686 E; 996 m elevation), collected by Avrajjal Ghosh on the same date as holotype.
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References	Cyriac, V., Ganesh, S., Madani, Z., Ghosh, A., Kulkarni, V., & Shanker, K. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 3(2) - get paper here
External links	http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B8E1966-A951-4413-9191… Google images

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