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Uropeltis caudomaculata GOWER, DAS, DEEPAK, GERARD & NARAYANAN, 2024

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Higher TaxaUropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tailspot uropeltis, Tailspot shieldtail 
SynonymUropeltis caudomaculata GOWER, DAS, DEEPAK, GERARD & NARAYANAN 2024
Uropeltis dindigalensis — GANESH et al. 2008
Uropeltis cf. dindigalensis — CHANDRAMOULI & GANESH 2010
Uropeltis cf. dindigalensis — GANESH et al. 2014
Uropeltis pulneyensis — HUTTON & DAVID 2008
Uropeltis pulneyensis — Chaitanya et al. 2018
Uropeltis pulneyensis — DEEPAK et al. 2022 (in part)
Uropeltis pulneyensis — GANESH et al. 2023 (in part)
Uropeltis cf. pulneyensis — GANESH et al. 2022 
DistributionIndia (Tamil Nadu, Kerala)

Type locality: “High Wavys” (= High Wavy Mountains = Meghamalai), Tamil Nadu, India (Fig. 3), 3,000–5,000 feet elevation (914–1,524 m).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1955.1.2.69, female (Fig. 2 in Gower et al. 2024). Collected by Angus F. Hutton. No collection date recorded in catalogue, but specimen accessioned into the London collection on 2 January, 1955, and was probably collected between 1946 and 1948 (see Hutton & David 2008).
Paratypes (n = 7). BMNH 1955.1.2.68 (female), 1955.1.2.70 (male), 1955.1.2.71 (male), and 1955.1.2.72 (female), same data as for holotype. BNHS 3765 (Figs. 4, 5), female, collected from Manalar, Meghmalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu (9.621255° N, 77.340202° E, 1,541m asl) by J.D. Gerard on 24th July 2021. BNHS 3763 and BNHS 3764 (Fig. 4), female, collected from Yellapetty, Munnar, Kerala (10.119513° N, 77.206169° E, 1,952 m asl) by S. Das on 7th February 2022 and 15th March 2023, respectively. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the lateral yellow spot on each side of the base of the tail (in specimens from Meghamalai), rather than a stripe as occurs in many congeners, including, typically, its closest known relative, U. pulneyensis. For nomenclatural purposes, the species epithet is a noun in apposition. 
References
  • GOWER, D. J., DAS, S., DEEPAK, V., GERARD, J. D., & NARAYANAN, S. 2024. A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the eastern escarpment of the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 5477(3): 333-357 - get paper here
 
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