Uropeltis phipsonii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uropeltoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Henophidia Superfamilia: Uropeltoidea

Uropeltis phipsonii (Mason, 1888)

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.1.16.33 (formerly 97.7.19.2) and 1946.1.16.34 (formerly 97.7.19.3), collected by H.M. Phipson between 1883–1888.
Type locality: “Bombay ghats”, Maharashtra State, India.

Mason, G.E. 1888. Description of a new earth-snake of the genus Silybura from the Bombay Presidency with remarks on little known Uropeltidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 1: 184–186. 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.) 2026. Uropeltis phipsonii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 July 2021.
Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Giri, V. & Thakur, S. 2013. IUCN: Uropeltis phipsonii (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172622A1353945. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172622A1353945.en