Uropeltis dindigalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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

Uropeltis dindigalensis (Beddome, 1877)

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.16.37 (formerly 77.8.10.3); 1946.1.16.2 (83.1.12.5), 1946.1.16.4 (83.1.12.7); MNHN 95.88.
Type locality: “Heavy forests on the Sirumullay hills, near Dindigul, at 4000-5000 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.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Uropeltis dindigalensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 July 2021.
Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Ganesan, S.R. & Vijayakumar, S.P. 2013. IUCN: Uropeltis dindigalensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172621A1353772. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172621A1353772.en. Accessed on 10 November 2022.