Uropeltis caudomaculata GOWER, DAS, DEEPAK, GERARD & NARAYANAN, 2024
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Uropeltis caudomaculata
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| Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Tailspot uropeltis, Tailspot shieldtail |
| Synonym | Uropeltis 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 |
| Distribution | India (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 | |
| Types | Holotype: 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 | |
| Etymology | Named 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. |
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