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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 = Plectrurus perottetti sal.jpg
| image_caption = Perrotet's shieldtail, '''''[[Plectrurus perrotetii]]'''''
| image_caption = Perrotet's shieldtail, '''''[[Plectrurus perrotetii]]'''''
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Plectrurus
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| 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
| 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
* ''Maudia'' [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1858
* ''Plectrurus'' - [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1890
* ''Plectrurus'' - [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1890
* ''Pseudoplectrurus'' [[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>
* ''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>
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}}
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:'''''Common names:''' burrowing snakes''<ref name="reptile-database.org">The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>


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'''''Plectrurus''''' is a [[genus]] of nonvenomous [[Uropeltidae|shield tail snake]]s [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[South India]].<ref name="McD99"/> Currently, four [[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.
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:'''''Common names:''' burrowing snakes.''<ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
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'''''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==
==Species==
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!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author<ref name="ITIS"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name<ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name<ref name="reptile-database.org"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
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|''[[Plectrurus aureus|P. aureus]]''
|''[[Plectrurus aureus]]''
|[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], [[1880]]
|[[Richard Henry Beddome|Beddome]], 1880
|Kerala burrowing snake
|golden shield-tail snake
|style="width:40%"|Southern [[India]] in the [[Western Ghats]]: Chambra Hill, [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]].
|style="width:40%"|Southern India in Coonoor, the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu<br>
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. canaricus]]''
|''[[Plectrurus guentheri]]''
|(Beddome, [[1870]])
|Beddome, 1863
|Karnataka burrowing snake
|Günther's shield-tail snake
|Southern India in the Western Ghats: [[Dakshina Kannada|South Canara]], [[Mysore]] (Kundramukh, [[Karnataka]]).
|Southern India in the [[Western Ghats]]: [[Sispara]] Ghat on the west side of the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiri Hills]]
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|''[[Plectrurus guentheri|P. guentheri]]''
|''[[Plectrurus perrotetii]]''<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>
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|[[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1851
|Beddome, [[1863]]
|Günther's burrowing snake
|Perrotet's shield-tail snake
|Southern India in the Western Ghats: Sispara Ghat on the west side of the [[Nilgiris (mountains)|Nilgiri Hills]].
|Southern India in the [[Western Ghats]]: the [[Nilgiri Hills]], where it is a common species
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|''[[Plectrurus perrotetii|P. perrotetii]]''<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>
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|[[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/>
*) Not including the nominate subspecies
<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>) [[Type species]].<ref name="McD99"/>
<span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>T</sup></span>) [[Type species]]<ref name="McD99"/>

==See also==
* [[List of uropeltid species and subspecies]]
* {{c|Uropeltidae by common name}}
* {{c|Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* {{NRDB genus|genus=Plectrurus|date=1 September|year=2007}}
* {{NRDB genus|genus=Plectrurus|date=1 September|year=2007}}


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Latest revision as of 01:39, 4 October 2023

Plectrurus
Perrotet's shieldtail, Plectrurus perrotetii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Uropeltidae
Genus: Plectrurus
A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
Synonyms
Common names: burrowing snakes[2]

Plectrurus is a genus of nonvenomous shield tail snakes endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.[1] Currently, four species are recognized.[3] 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.

Description[edit]

Small snakes, they do not exceed 43 cm (17 in).

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.[4]

Species[edit]

Species[3] Taxon author[3] Common name[2] Geographic range[1]
Plectrurus aureus Beddome, 1880 golden shield-tail snake Southern India in Coonoor, the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

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.
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.

Plectrurus guentheri Beddome, 1863 Günther's shield-tail snake Southern India in the Western Ghats: Sispara Ghat on the west side of the Nilgiri Hills
Plectrurus perrotetiiT A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 Perrotet's shield-tail snake Southern India in the Western Ghats: the Nilgiri Hills, where it is a common species
  • ) Not including the nominate subspecies

T) Type species[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d 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).
  2. ^ a b The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b c "Plectrurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  4. ^ 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.

External links[edit]

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