Teretrurus siruvaniensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Familia: Uropeltidae
Genus: Teretrurus
Species: Teretrurus siruvaniensis

Name

Teretrurus siruvaniensis Cyriac, Ganesh, Madani, Ghosh, Kulkarni & Shanker, 2024: 12

• Holotype: BNHS 3758, adult ♂, collected by Avrajjal Ghosh and Vivek Cyriac on 24 September 2014.
• Type locality: “base of Elival Malai, Siruvani Hills (10.9671507°N, 76.6343686°E; 996 m elevation), apart of the Nilgiri Hill Complex, situated just north of the Palghat Gap, in Palakkad district, Kerala, India”.

References

Primary references

• Cyriac, V.P., Ganesh, S.R., Madani, Z., Ghosh, A., Kulkarni, V. & Shanker, K. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3(2): 1–25. DOI: 10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630 Reference page.