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Uropeltis Macrolepis Mahableshwarensis
:''Common names: shield tail snakes, earth snakes.'' ''Uropeltis'' is a genus of nonvenomous shield tail snakes endemic to Peninsular India. As of 2022, 26 species are recognized as being valid. Geographic range Most ''Uropeltis'' species are found in the hills of Peninsular India, mainly in the southwestern parts of the country, including the Western Ghats and, to some extent, also in the Eastern Ghats and in the hills of Central India. Description Species in the genus ''Uropeltis'' share the following characters. The eye is in the ocular shield. There are no supraoculars nor temporals. There is no mental groove. The tail is conical or obliquely truncated, terminating in a small scute, the end of which is square, or bicuspid with the points side by side. Boulenger GA (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Uropeltidæ ....'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uropeltis Ceylanica
:''Common names: Ceylon earth snake, Cuvier's shieldtail, Kerala shieldtail.'' ''Uropeltis ceylanica'' is a species of nonvenomous shieldtail snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. No subspecies are currently recognized as being valid, but the presence of several synonyms, many recently resurrected, calls for further taxonomic studies of this species complex. It is a burrowing snake with a pointy head equipped to penetrate the soil. It has a thick tail which looks as if it has been cut at an angle. In Kerala it's called ''iru thala moori'', which means two headed organism, as the tail end looks like another head. It primarily eats earth worms. Geographic range ''U. ceylanica'' is found in the Western Ghats of southern India from Goa, Castle Rock southwards to Travancore (Agasthyamalai) near Trivandrum. The type locality given as "Ceylan"— is a mistake, since this species has never been found in Sri Lanka. Description T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |