Uropeltis guentheri (BEDDOME, 1878)

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Higher Taxa	Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Madura Shieldtail
Synonym	Silybura guentheri BEDDOME 1878: 801 Silybura Güntheri — BEDDOME 1886: 23 Uropeltis guentheri — GOWER et al. 2024
Distribution	India (Kerala) Type locality: "High Wavy‘ mountain, Madura district, 5000 feet elevation".
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.74 (formerly 83.1.12.34).
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Comment	Synonymy: previsouly considered as synonym of U. pulneyensis but resurrected by Gower et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after the Albert Günther, German-British herpetologist.
References	Beddome, R.H. 1878. Description of six new species of snakes of the genus Silybura, family Uropeltidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1878: 800-802. - 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 GOWER, D. J., DAS, S., DEEPAK, V., GERARD, J. D., & NARAYANAN, S. 2024. A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the eastern escarpment of the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5477(3): 333-357 - get paper here
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