Uropeltis petersi (BEDDOME, 1878)

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Higher Taxa	Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Shieldtail Earth Snake
Synonym	Silybura petersi BEDDOME 1878 Silybura Petersi — BEDDOME 1886: 22 Silybura petersi — BOULENGER 1893: 148 Uropeltis petersi — SMITH 1943: 84 Uropeltis petersi — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 149
Distribution	S India (Anaimalai Hills (4,000—5,000 feet).) Type locality: ,,Anamallays, 4000 feet". Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.16.75 (formerly 78.1.11.3), 1946.1.1.7 — 1946.1.17.9; MHNP 95.80 (2 specimens).
Comment	Etymology: Named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist.
References	Beddome,R.H. 1878. Descriptions of new Uropeltidae from Southern India, with remarks on some previously described species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1878: 154-155 - get paper here 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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List - Uropeltis petersi - Data Deficient, DD Google images

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