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Plectrurus perottetii
	Nilgiri burrowing snake or Perrotet's shield-tail snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Uropeltidae
Genus:	Plectrurus
Species:	P. perrotetii
Binomial name
	Plectrurus perrotetii; A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Synonyms
	Plectrurus perroteti [sic] ; A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron ; & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Plectrurus perrotetii [sic] ; — McDiarmid, Campbell ; & Touré, 1999; Plectrurus perrotetii [sic] ; — Wallach et al., 2014;

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Plectrurus perrotetii, commonly known as the Nilgiri burrowing snake or Perrotet's shield-tail snake,^[1] is a species of harmless snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India.

Etymology

The specific name, perrotetii or perroteti, is in honour of French naturalist George Samuel Perrottet (1793–1867).^[2]

Geographic range

P. perrotetii is found in the Western Ghats and hills of southern India.

Description

P. perrotetii is a small snake, growing to a maximum of 44 cm (17+1⁄4 in) in total length (including tail). The head is pointed, and the tail is blunt. It has smooth, glossy scales and is brown in colour.

Biology

Like the common worm snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus), Plectrurus perrotetii is also often mistaken for earthworms, upon which it feeds. It is considered an endangered species, and little else is known about this snake.

References

^ ^a ^b Species Plectrurus perroteti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Plectrurus perroteti, p. 203).

Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ...Uropeltidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Plectrurus perroteti, p. 161).
Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième.—Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux [= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7, Part I. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Plectrurus perroteti, new species, pp. 167–168). (in French).
Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Plectrurus perroteti, p. 71).

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[RDB-1] Species Plectrurus perroteti at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Plectrurus perroteti, p. 203).

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+{{Speciesbox
- | name                = ''Plectrurus perottetii''
+| name = ''Plectrurus perottetii''
- | image               = Plectrurus_perottetti_sal.jpg
+| image = Plectrurus perottetti sal.jpg
- | image_caption       = '''Nilgiri burrowing snake''' or '''Perrotet's shieldtail'''
+| image_caption = '''Nilgiri burrowing snake''' or '''Perrotet's shield-tail snake'''
- | regnum              = [[Animal]]ia
+| genus = Plectrurus
- | phylum              = [[Chordata]]
+| species = perrotetii
- | subphylum           = [[Vertebrata]]
+| authority = [[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854
- | classis             = [[Reptilia]]
+| synonyms = *''Plectrurus perroteti'' [sic] <br />{{small|A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron <br />& A.H.A. Duméril, 1854}}
- | ordo                = [[Squamata]]
+*''Plectrurus perrotetii'' [sic] <br />{{small|— [[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell]] <br />& [[T'Shaka A. Touré|Touré]], 1999}}
- | subordo             = [[Serpentes]]
+*''Plectrurus perrotetii'' [sic] <br />{{small|— [[Van Wallach|Wallach]] et al., 2014}}
- | infraordo = [[Alethinophidia]]
+| synonyms_ref =<ref name=RDB/>
- | familia             = [[Uropeltidae]]
- | genus               = ''[[Plectrurus]]''
- | species             = '''''P. perrotetii'''''
- | binomial            = ''Plectrurus perrotetii''
- | binomial_authority  = ([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1851)
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-'''''Plectrurus perrotetii''''', commonly known as the '''Nilgiri burrowing snake''' or '''Perrotet's shieldtail''',<ref>"''Plectrurus perroteti'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org</ref> is a [[species]] of harmless [[Uropeltidae|uropeltid]] [[snake]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].
+'''''Plectrurus perrotetii''''', commonly known as the '''Nilgiri burrowing snake''' or '''Perrotet's shield-tail snake''',<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Plectrurus|species=perroteti}}. www.reptile-database.org</ref> is a [[species]] of harmless [[snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Uropeltidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[India]].
+==Etymology==
+The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''perrotetii'' or ''perroteti'', is in honour of French [[Natural history|naturalist]] [[George Samuel Perrottet]] (1793–1867).<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Plectrurus perroteti'', p. 203).</ref>
 ==Geographic range==
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 ==Biology==
-Like the common worm snake, ''[[Ramphotyphlops braminus]]'', ''Plectrurus perrotetii'' is also often mistaken for [[earthworm]]s, upon which it feeds. It is considered an [[endangered species]], and little else is known about this snake.
+Like the common worm snake (''[[Ramphotyphlops braminus]]''), ''Plectrurus perrotetii'' is also often mistaken for [[earthworm]]s, upon which it feeds. It is considered an [[endangered species]], and little else is known about this snake.
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-==External links==
+==Further reading==
 {{Commons}}
+*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1893). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ...Uropeltidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (''Plectrurus perroteti'', p.&nbsp;161).
-* {{NRDB species|genus=Plectrurus|species=perroteti|date=13 December|year=2007}}
+*[[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril A-M-C]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron G]], [[Auguste Duméril|Duméril A[-H-A]]] (1854). ''Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième.—Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux'' [= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7, Part I. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (''Plectrurus perroteti'', new species, pp.&nbsp;167–168). (in French).
+*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1943). ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes.'' London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (''Plectrurus perroteti'', p.&nbsp;71).
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q3011056}}
 [[Category:Uropeltidae]]
 [[Category:Reptiles of India]]
+[[Category:Reptiles described in 1854]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Auguste Duméril]]