Uropeltis broughami (BEDDOME, 1878)
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Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Brougham's Earth Snake |
Synonym | Silybura broughami BEDDOME 1878 Silybura levingii BEDDOME 1878 Silybura Broughami — BEDDOME 1886: 11 Silybura broughami — BOULENGER 1893: 152 Uropeltis broughami — SMITH 1943: 83 Uropeltis broughami — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 143 Uropeltis broughami — DAS 2003 Uropeltis broughami — WALLACH et al. 2014: 779 |
Distribution | S India (Palni and Sirumalai Hills, Madura district; Nilgiris) Type locality: ,,Sirumallay hills (Madura district), 5500 feet elevation". Type locality: „Lower Pulney hills (Madura district), 4000 feet elevation". [Silybura levingii BEDDOME] |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.29 (formerly 83.1.12.23) Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.16.35—1946.1.16.36. [Silybura levingii BEDDOME] |
Diagnosis | Description: Snout acutely pointed; rostral much produced both anteriorly and posteriorly, ridged above, the part visible equal to the distance between it and the hinder end of the frontal, separating the nasals for more than half their length; eye not half the Iength of the ocular shield. Scales in 19 rows; V. 195-230 (181 Roux), one and a half times as broad as the adjaccnt scales; C. 7-10. Tail as in macrolepis (Smith 1943: 83). Coloration: Brown with more or less distinct transverse series of smalI, yelIow, black-edged oceIli; sides with large, irregular, yellow spots; ventrals dark brown (Smith 1943: 83). Size: Total length; 410, diameter 11 mm (Smith 1943: 83). |
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