Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

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

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Pseudoplectrurus
Species: Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Name

Pseudoplectrurus canaricus (Beddome, 1870)

• Syntypes (n=6): BMNH 1946.1.15.95–98 (formerly 1874.4.29.940–43), BMNH 1946.1.16.71 (formerly 1872.1.2.3), and MNHN-RA-1895.102, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1870.
• Type locality: “South Canara, very common on the top of the Kudra Mukh, a mountain 6,000 feet high”.

Combinations

• Sibylura canarica Beddome, 1870: 170 [original combination]
• Plectrurus canaricus — Günther, 1875: 229 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudoplectrurus canaricus — Boulenger, 1890: 270 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Beddome, R.H. 1870. Descriptions of new Reptiles from the Madras Presidency. The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science 2: 169–176. Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudoplectrurus canaricus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2020.
• Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Ganesan, S.R. & Vijayakumar, S.P. 2018. IUCN: Pseudoplectrurus canaricus  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T172642A127965142. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T172642A127965142.en. Accessed on 18 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Karnataka Burrowing Snake

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