Uropeltis shorttii

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 shorttii (Beddome, 1863)

Syntypes: BMNH 74.4.29.737: RR 1946.1.15.91—74.4.29.739: RR 1946.1.15.94; MNHN 95.100.
Type locality: “the Shevaroys”.

Silybura shorttii Beddome, 1863: 46 [original combination]
Silybura nilgherriensis shortii — Beddome, 1886: 15 [subsequent combination]
Silybura ellioti shortii — Boulenger, 1893 [subsequent combination]
Uropeltis ceylanicus shortii — Murthy, 1990: 15 [subsequent combination]
Uropeltis shorttii — Ganesh, Aengals & Ramanujam, 2014 [subsequent combination]

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Uropeltis shorttii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 July 2021.
Ganesh, S.R. 2021. IUCN: Uropeltis shorttii (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T127942949A127942958. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T127942949A127942958.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

English: Shevaroy Hills Earth Snake

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