Platyplectrurus madurensis
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Platyplectrurus madurensis, commonly known as the Travancore Hills thorntail snake, is a species of uropeltid snake. It is endemic to southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Geographic range
It is found in the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka.
Type locality of Platyplectrurus madurensis: "About Kodiukarnal on the Pulney Mountains (Madura district), 6000 feet elevation".
Type locality of Wallia inexpectata: "Südindien (Pulney Hills, Madura)".
Type locality of Platyplectrurus ruhanae: "Galle" district in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.[1]
Description
The dorsum is iridescent purplish brown. The ventrals and the scales in the two adjoining rows on both sides are white in the center, with purplish brown borders.
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Dorsal scales in 15 rows at midbody (in 17 rows behind the head). Ventrals 158-175; subcaudals 10-15.
Very similar to Platyplectrurus trilineatus, except the head shields are shorter, and the supraocular is not longer than the prefrontal. Diameter of body 38-42 times in total length.[2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominate race.
- Platyplectrurus madurensis madurensis Beddome, 1877
- Platyplectrurus madurensis ruhanae Deraniyagala, 1954[1][3]
Footnotes
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Uropeltidæ... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. p. 166, Plate XI, figures 2, 2a.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
Further reading
- Beddome, R.H. 1877. Descriptions of three new Snakes of the Family Uropeltidae from Southern India. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1877: 167-168.
- 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.
- Deraniyagala, P.E.P., 1954. Two new snakes from Ceylon. Proc. 10th Congress Ceylon. Assoc. Advancement Sci. 1: 24.
- Werner, F. 1925. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien. II. Teil. Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Abt. I, 134: 45-66.
External links
- Platyplectrurus madurensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2007.
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