Uropeltis bhupathyi

Taxonavigation

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: Uropeltis
Species: Uropeltis bhupathyi

Name

• Uropeltis bhupathyi Jins, Sampaio & Gower, 2018: 403

Holotype: NCBS AU173, ♀, collected by V.J. Jins on 25 November 2015.

Type locality: “Environs of the campus of the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Anaikatty (sometimes spelled Anaikatti), Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India (11.09° N, 76.79° E, elevation 645 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Jins, V.J., Sampaio, F.L. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Anaikatty Hills of the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 4415(3): 401–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.1. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Uropeltis bhupathyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Bhupathy’s Shieldtail