Uropeltis jerdoni GANESH, PUNITH, ADHIKARI & ACHYUTHAN, 2021
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Uropeltis jerdoni
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| Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake |
| Synonym | Uropeltis jerdoni GANESH, PUNITH, ADHIKARI & ACHYUTHAN 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Karnataka) Type locality: Devarayana Durga (13.371 ̊N, 77.210 ̊E; 1,060 m) in Tumkur District, Karnataka, India. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS 3562, adult female, a rather intact roadkill near village, coll. KGP and NSA in January 2020. Paratypes (n= 7): BNHS 3563, adult female, animal in early ecdysis, same data as holotype; BNHS 216 a–b, BNHS 217 a–b, BNHS 218 a–b, coll. Frank Wall from Nandi Durga (13.3700N, 77.6810E; 1,470 m) in Chikballapur District, Karnataka, India; coll. date unknown. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Uropeltis known from the Bengaluru uplands, characterized by the following combination of characters: caudal shield truncate, with a distinct thickened circumscribed concave disc; part of rostral visible from above subequal to its distance from frontal; rostral scale partially separating nasal scales; snout fairly pointed, subovoid; eye diameter 3/4th that of ocular shield; supralabials 4; infralabials 3–4; dorsal scale rows 17:17:17; ventral scales 140–148; subcaudal scales 7–9 pairs; dorsum dark blackish-grey overall with minute yellow speckling; an yellow stripe on either sides on neck and tail; ventrolateral region distinctly mottled with yellow; venter uniform dark blackish-grey, rarely with a few yellow dots (Ganesh et al. 2021). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Patronym named in genitive singular case, honouring Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (1811–1872), a pioneering English naturalist who described some of the earliest reptiles from the Bengaluru uplands. |
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