Plectrurus

Plectrurus
Perrotet's shieldtail snake, P. perrotetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Uropeltidae
Genus:	Plectrurus A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
Synonyms
Plectrurus - A.H.A. Duméril In A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 Maudia - Gray, 1858 Plectrurus - Boulenger, 1890 Pseudoplectrurus - Boulenger, 1890 Plectrurus - Mahendra, 1984[1]

Common names: (none).

Plectrurus is a genus of non-venomous shield tail snakes found in southern India. Currently, 4 species are recognized.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in southern India.^[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
P. aureus	Beddome, 1880	Kerala shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Chambra Hill, Malabar.
P. canaricus	(Beddome, 1870)	Kanara shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats: South Canara, Mysore (Kundramukh, Karnataka).
P. guentheri	Beddome, 1863	Günther's burrowing snake	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Sispara Ghat on the west side of the Nilgiri Hills.
P. perrotetiiT	A.H.A. Duméril, 1851	Perrotet's shieldtail snake	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Nilgiri and Anamalai Hills.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type species.^[1]

See also

• List of uropeltid species and subspecies
• Uropeltidae by common name
• Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms

References

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 c} "Plectrurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634402. Retrieved 1 September 2007. 

External links

• Plectrurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.