Teretrurus periyarensis CYRIAC, GANESH, MADANI, GHOSH, KULKARNI & SHANKER, 2024

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Higher Taxa	Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Teretrurus periyarensis CYRIAC, GANESH, MADANI, GHOSH, KULKARNI & SHANKER 2024
Distribution	India (Kerala) Type locality: Vandiperiyar (9.583839° N, 77.129894° E; 1083 m elevation), in Periyar Tiger Reserve, Idukki district, Kerala, India.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: BNHS 3760, adult. Collected by S. Kalesh & Vivek Cyriac on 06 March 2014.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Cyriac, V., Ganesh, S., Madani, Z., Ghosh, A., Kulkarni, V., & Shanker, K. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 3(2) - get paper here
External links	http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7935AA38-B0F7-44EA-8AF0- 644E53A21C76 Google images

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