Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea 

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

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Pseudoplectrurus
Species: Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Name

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Pseudoplectrurus canaricus (Beddome, 1870)

  • Syntypes (n=6): BMNH 1946.1.15.95–98 (formerly 1874.4.29.940–43), BMNH 1946.1.16.71 (formerly 1872.1.2.3), and MNHN-RA-1895.102, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1870.
  • Type locality: “South Canara, very common on the top of the Kudra Mukh, a mountain 6,000 feet high”.

Combinations

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  • Sibylura canarica Beddome, 1870: 170 [original combination]
  • Plectrurus canaricusGünther, 1875: 229 [subsequent combination]
  • Pseudoplectrurus canaricusBoulenger, 1890: 270 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Karnataka Burrowing Snake
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