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Uropeltis jerdoni GANESH, PUNITH, ADHIKARI & ACHYUTHAN, 2021

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Higher TaxaUropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake 
SynonymUropeltis jerdoni GANESH, PUNITH, ADHIKARI & ACHYUTHAN 2021 
DistributionIndia (Karnataka)

Type locality: Devarayana Durga (13.371 ̊N, 77.210 ̊E; 1,060 m) in Tumkur District, Karnataka, India.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BNHS 3562, adult female, a rather intact roadkill near village, coll. KGP and NSA in January 2020.
Paratypes (n= 7): BNHS 3563, adult female, animal in early ecdysis, same data as holotype; BNHS 216 a–b, BNHS 217 a–b, BNHS 218 a–b, coll. Frank Wall from Nandi Durga (13.3700N, 77.6810E; 1,470 m) in Chikballapur District, Karnataka, India; coll. date unknown. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Uropeltis known from the Bengaluru uplands, characterized by the following combination of characters: caudal shield truncate, with a distinct thickened circumscribed concave disc; part of rostral visible from above subequal to its distance from frontal; rostral scale partially separating nasal scales; snout fairly pointed, subovoid; eye diameter 3/4th that of ocular shield; supralabials 4; infralabials 3–4; dorsal scale rows 17:17:17; ventral scales 140–148; subcaudal scales 7–9 pairs; dorsum dark blackish-grey overall with minute yellow speckling; an yellow stripe on either sides on neck and tail; ventrolateral region distinctly mottled with yellow; venter uniform dark blackish-grey, rarely with a few yellow dots (Ganesh et al. 2021).


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Comment 
EtymologyPatronym named in genitive singular case, honouring Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (1811–1872), a pioneering English naturalist who described some of the earliest reptiles from the Bengaluru uplands. 
References
  • Ganesh, S., Punith, K., Adhikari, O.D. and Achyuthan, N. 2021. A new species of shieldtail snake (Squamata: Uropeltidae: Uropeltis) from the Bengaluru uplands, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13, 6: 18508–18517 - get paper here
  • Kalki, Yatin; Chayant Gonsalves , Daniel B. Wylie , Karthik A. K. Sundaram and Tristan D. Schramer 2021. Annotated checklist of the snakes of Bengaluru Urban District, Karnataka, India with notes on their natural history, distribution, and population trends over the last 150 years. Journal of Animal Diversity 3 (2): 26-41 - get paper here
 
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