Uropeltis liura (GÜNTHER, 1875)
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| Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Günther's Earth Snake |
| Synonym | Silybura liura GÜNTHER 1875
Silybura liura — BEDDOME 1886: 18
Silybura liura — BOULENGER 1893: 149
Uropeltis liura — SMITH 1943: 84
Uropeltis liura — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 146
Uropeltis liura — DAS 2003 |
| Distribution | S India (Anamallai [N.S. Achyuthan, pers. comm.] Madura and Tinnevelly HilIs, 3,000—5,000 feet.)
Type locality: „Malabar".
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| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.7 (formerly 74.4.29.1206; Madura Hills). |
| Comment | |
| References |
- Beddome,R.H. 1886. An account of the earth snakes of the Peninsula of India and Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 17: 3-33. - get paper here
- Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
- Das, Indraneil 2003. Growth of Knowledge on the Reptiles of India, with an Introduction to Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100 (2-3): 446-502
- Günther,A. 1875. Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained bv the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1875: 224-234 - get paper here
- McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
- Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
- Whitaker, Romulus<br />and Ashok Captain 2004. Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp. - get paper here
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