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Uropeltis woodmasoni THEOBALD, 1876

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Higher TaxaUropeltidae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesWoodmason's Earth Snake 
SynonymUropeltis woodmasoni (THEOBALD 1876)
Silybura melanogaster GÜNTHER 1875 (non Uropeltis melanogaster GRAY 1858)
Silybura wood-masoni THEOBALD 1876
Silybura nigra BEDDOME 1878
Silybura nigra — BEDDOME 1886: 12
Silybura nigra — BOULENGER 1893: 151
Uropeltis wood-masoni — SMITH 1943
Uropeltis woodmasoni — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 151 
DistributionS India (Anamalai and Palni Hills, Travancore, Tinnevelly, Nilgiris)

Type locality: „Anamallys and Travancore [Silybura melanogaster GÜNTHER]
Type locality: ,,Palney hills”, S India. [Silybura wood-masoni THEOBALD]
Type locality: Pulney Mountains, 4,000 feet elevation". [Silybura nigra BEDDOME] 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.
 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.57 (formerly 74.4.29.1192) [Silybura melanogaster GÜNTHER]
Holotype: ZSI 8760. [Silybura wood-masoni THEOBALD]
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.1.39 (formerly 83.1.12.17.20); 1946.1.15.54 (78.1.11.4) — 1946.1.15.56 (78.1.11.5); MHNP 95.85 (2 specimens). [Silybura nigra BEDDOME] 
CommentS. melanogaster GÜNTHER 1875 is a secondary junior homonym of Uropeltis melanogaster GRAY 1858. It is hence unavailable und therfore has been replaced by the next available name by GANS 1966. 
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
  • 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.
  • Sclater,W.L. 1891. Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250 - get paper here
  • 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.
  • Theobald,W. 1876. Descriptive catalogue of the reptiles of British India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta: xiii + 238 pp.
 
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