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Uropeltis rubromaculatus (BEDDOME, 1867)

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Higher TaxaUropeltidae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesRed-spotted Earth Snake 
SynonymSilybura rubromaculata BEDDOME 1867
Silybura rubromaculata — BEDDOME 1886: 14
Silybura rubromaculata — BOULENGER 1893: 157
Uropeltis rubromaculatus — SMITH 1943: 81
Uropeltis rubromaculata — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 150 
DistributionS India (Anaimalai and Nilgiri hills (4,000—5,000 feet).)

Type locality: „Anamallay forests; 4,000 feet elevation", S India. Map legend:
TDWG region - 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.
 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.15.51—1946.1.15.52, 1946.1.15.82—1946.1.15.84. 
Comment 
References
  • Beddome,R.H. 1867. Descriptions and figures of five new snakes from the Madras Presidency. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 11: 14-16. [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 315- 317, 1940.]
  • 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
  • Constable, JOHN D. 1949. Reptiles from the Indian Peninsula in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 103: 59-160. - 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.
 
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