Uropeltis pulneyensis

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 pulneyensis (Beddome, 1863)

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.17.6, MNHN 1895.78, and ZSI 4381 [unknown], ZSI 6948 [Palni], ZSI 6950 [unknown], and ZSI 6972–75 [Madras], collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1863.
Type locality: “Pulney Hills, 7000 to 8000 feet”.

Beddome, R.H. 1863. Descriptions of new species of the family Uropeltidae from Southern India, with notes on other little-known species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 31(1): 225–229. 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 pulneyensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2022.
Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Vijayakumar, S.P., Ramesh, M., Ganesan, S.R. & Madala, M. 2013. IUCN: Uropeltis pulneyensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T178729A1543559. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178729A1543559.en. Accessed on 14 November 2022.