Platyplectrurus madurensis

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Platyplectrurus madurensis Beddome, 1877: 167

Syntypes (n=6): BMNH 1946.1.15.64 (formerly 83.1.12.52), 1946.1.15.78 (formerly 83.1.12.56) — 1946.1.15.80 (formerly 83.1.12.58); MNHN 95.115 (2 specimens).
Type locality: “About Kodiukarnal on the Pulney Mountains (Madura district), 600 feet elevation”.

Beddome, R.H. 1877. Descriptions of three new snakes of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 45(1): 167–168. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Platyplectrurus madurensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B. & Ganesan, S.R. 2013. IUCN: Platyplectrurus madurensis (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T178420A1533817. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178420A1533817.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.

English: Travancore Hills Thorntail Snake