Plectrurus guentheri

Plectrurus guentheri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Plectrurus
Species: Plectrurus guentheri

Name

Plectrurus guentheri Beddome, 1863: 48

• Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.16.32 (formerly 83.1.12.54).
• Type locality: “Walaghat on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries”.

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1863. Further Notes upon the Snakes of the Madras Presidency; with Descriptions of new Species. Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science 6: 41–48. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Plectrurus guentheri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
• Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Vijayakumar, S.P., Ganesan, S.R. & Ramesh, M. 2013. IUCN: Plectrurus guentheri  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172605A1350602. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172605A1350602.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Günther's Burrowing Snake

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