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Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME, 1863

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Higher TaxaUropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Salty Earth Snake 
SynonymRhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME 1863: 312
Rhinophis sanguineus — BEDDOME 1863 (redescription)
Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1863
Rhinophis microlepis — BEDDOME 1863 (redescription)
Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME 1864: 179
Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1864: 179
Rhinophis sanguineus — BEDDOME 1886: 8
Rhinophis sanguineus — BOULENGER 1893: 143
Rhinophis sanguineus — WALL 1919: 557
Rhinophis sanguineus — SMITH 1943
Rhinophis sanguineus — GANS 1966
Rhinophis sanguineus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 140
Rhinophis sanguineus — DAS 2003
Rhinophis sanguineus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 652 
DistributionS India (Mysore [Koppa, Kalsa], Wynaad, Nilgiris, Travancore, Tinnevelly, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: „Cherambady [Cherambódy], in the Wynand (Malabar), elevation 3,500 feet”, S India [Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME 1863]

Type locality: "Mr. MINCHIN‘s Estate in the Wynaud" (elevation 3,500 feet), S India [Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1863]  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.54
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.76 (formerly 74.4.29.110) [Rhinophis microlepis BEDDOME 1863] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
CommentDistribution: for a map of localities see Gower et al. 2023: 78 (Fig. 1) 
References
  • Aengals, R.; S. R. Ganesh 2013. Rhinophis goweri — A New Species of Shieldtail Snake from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (1): 61-65 - get paper here
  • Beddome, R.H. 1864. Description of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 13: 177-180 - 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
  • Beddome, RICHARD HENRY 1863. Further notes upon the snakes of the Madras Presidency; with descriptions of new species. Madras Quart. J. Med. Sci., 6: 41-48 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 306-314, 1940]
  • Beddome, RICHARD HENRY 1863. Descriptions of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863: 225-229. - get paper here
  • Bhupathy, Subramanian & N. Sathishkumar 2013. Status of reptiles in Meghamalai and its environs, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (15): 4953-4961 - 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 - get paper here
  • Gans, C. 1966. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Uropeltidae. Das Tierreich Lfg. 84, 29 pp.
  • GOWER, DAVID J.; SURYA NARAYANAN; V. DEEPAK; MUHAMMED ANVAR Y.; SANDEEP DAS 2023. Rediscovery and systematics of Rhinophis fergusonianus Boulenger, 1896 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India’s Western Ghats. Zootaxa 5374 (1): 74-92 - get paper here
  • Mason, GEORGE E. 1888. Description of a new earth-snake of the genus Silybura from the Bombay Presidency with remarks on little known Uropeltidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 22: 184-186. - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - get paper here
  • Pyron R. A., Ganesh S. R., Sayyed A., Sharma V., Wallach V. & Somaweera R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae). [type catalogue] Zoosystema 38 (4): 453-506 - 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. - get paper here
  • Venu G, Balakrishna GN, Gadha LK, Raju NG, Cyriac VP, Seetharama HG, Shampa C, Ramakrishna S, Venkatachalaiah G, Ganesh SR. 2026. Report of colour polymorphism and range extension in two poorly known species of Indian Rhinophis (Squamata: Uropeltidae). Zootaxa 5777 (2):307-326 - get paper here
  • Wall,F. 1919. Notes on a collection of Snakes made in the Nilgiri Hills and the adjacent Wynaad. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26: 552-584 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Williams, Ernest E. 1959. The occipito-vertebral joint in the burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae. Breviora (106): 1-10 - get paper here
 
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