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{{short description|Genus of burrowing snakes endemic to South India}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Plectrurus''
| image = Plectrurus perottetti sal.jpg
| image_caption = Perrotet's shieldtail, '''''[[Plectrurus perrotetii]]'''''
| regnumtaxon = [[Animalia]]Plectrurus
| authority = [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], [[1851]]▼
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Uropeltidae]]
| genus = '''''Plectrurus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], [[1851]]
| synonyms = * ''Plectrurus'' [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]] ''In'' [[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1851
* ''Maudia'' [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1858
* ''Plectrurus'' - [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1890
* ''Pseudoplectrurus'' [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1890
* ''Plectrurus'' - Mahendra, 1984<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN |1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN |1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>
}}
:'''''Common names:''' burrowing snakes.''<ref name="reptile-database.org">The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>▼
 
'''''Plectrurus''''' is a [[genus]] of nonvenomous [[Uropeltidae|shield tail snake]]s found[[Endemism|endemic]] into southernthe [[Western Ghats]] of [[South India]].<ref name="McD99"/> Currently, 4four [[species]] are recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634402 |taxon=''Plectrurus'' |accessdate=1 September 2007}}</ref> They inhabit high elevation montane ''Shola'' forests and are usually found under fallen logs and rocks. Some species are rare while some are quite common in their range.▼
▲:'''''Common names:''' burrowing snakes.''<ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
▲'''''Plectrurus''''' is a [[genus]] of nonvenomous [[Uropeltidae|shield tail snake]]s found in southern [[India]]. Currently, 4 [[species]] are recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634402 |taxon=''Plectrurus'' |accessdate=1 September 2007}}</ref>
 
==Description==
==Geographic range==
Small snakes, they do not exceed 43&nbsp;cm (17&nbsp;in).
Found in southern [[India]].<ref name="McD99"/>
 
An ocular shield covers the eye. The eyes are small, diameter not more than half the length of the ocular shield. The tail is laterally compressed. The terminal scute also is laterally compressed, with two superposed points. The points are simple, bifid, or trifid.<ref>[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger, G.A.]] 1893. ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Uropeltidæ...'' Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. pp. 160-161.</ref>
 
==Species==
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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name<ref>The Reptile Database. www.name="reptile-database.org.<"/ref>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
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|''[[Plectrurus aureus|P. aureus]]''
|[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], [[1880]]
|Keralagolden burrowingshield-tail snake
|style="width:40%"|Southern [[India]] in Coonoor, the [[Western Ghats]]: Chambra HillNilgiris, [[MalabarTamil (NorthernNadu<br> Kerala)|Malabar]].
In October 2020, two specimens were found by 10-year-old Dhruv Gowda. There had not been a recorded sighting of this snake in 140 years.<br>
This snake was last claimed to have been seen at the Chubra Hills in Wayanad, Kerala in 1880. There have been no recorded sightings since the 1880 sighting at the Chubra Hills.
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|''[[Plectrurus canaricus|P. canaricusguentheri]]''
|(Beddome, [[1870]])1863
|KarnatakaGünther's burrowingshield-tail snake
|Southern India in the [[Western Ghats]]: [[Dakshina Kannada|South CanaraSispara]], Ghat on the west side of the [[Mysore]]Nilgiris (Kundramukh,mountains)|Nilgiri [[KarnatakaHills]]).
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|''[[Plectrurus guentheri|P. guentheriperrotetii]]''<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>
▲| genus_authority = [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], [[1851]]
|Beddome, [[1863]]
|GüntherPerrotet's burrowingshield-tail snake
|Southern India in the [[Western Ghats]]: Sispara Ghat on the west side of the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiri Hills]]., where it is a common species
|-
|''[[Plectrurus perrotetii|P. perrotetii]]''<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>
▲|[[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], [[1851]]
|Nilgiri burrowing snake, Perrotet's shieldtail
|Southern India in the Western Ghats: [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiri]] and [[Anaimalai Hills|Anamalai Hills]].
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''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.''<br/>
<fontspan sizestyle="font-1size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></fontspan>) [[Type species]].<ref name="McD99"/>
 
==See also==
* [[List of uropeltid species and subspecies]]
* {{c|Uropeltidae by common name}}
* {{c|Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms}}
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist}}
 
==External links==
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* {{NRDB genus|genus=Plectrurus|date=1 September|year=2007}}
 
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[[Category:Uropeltidae]]▼
 
[[frCategory:PlectrurusUropeltidae]]
▲[[Category:UropeltidaeSnake genera]]
[[zh:槌尾蛇屬]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Auguste Duméril]]
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