Uropeltis ocellata

Taxonavigation edit

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

Uropeltis ocellata (Beddome, 1863)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.59.
Type locality: “Walagbat on the Western slopes of the Neilgherries in the dense forests at an elevation of 3,500 feet”.

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.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Uropeltis ocellata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 July 2021.
Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Ganesan, S.R., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Gower, D.J. 2018. IUCN: Uropeltis ocellata (Least Concern) (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178233A127979365. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178233A127979365.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

English: Ocellated Earth Snake

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