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Uropeltis macrolepis  (Peters, 1862)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 634739

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Silybura macrolepis Peters, 1862
  
  Common Name(s): Bombay Earth Snake [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyUropeltidae Müller, 1832 – Pipe Snakes, Shield-tailed Snakes  
                                     GenusUropeltis Cuvier, 1829  
                                        SpeciesUropeltis macrolepis (Peters, 1862) – Bombay Earth Snake  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Uropeltis macrolepis macrolepis (Peters, 1862)  
                                           Subspecies Uropeltis macrolepis mahableshwarensis Chari, 1955  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Uropeltis macrolepis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2018), website (version 01-Oct-18), website (version Oct-2018)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Uropeltis macrolepis, Bombay Earth Snake [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1   
  Page(s): xi + 511   
  Publisher: The Herpetologists' League   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Uropeltis macrolepis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pyron, Robert Alexander, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh, Amit Sayyed, Vivek Sharma, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoosystema, vol. 38, no. 4   
  Page(s): 453-506   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1280-9551   
  Notes: doi: 10.5252/z2016n4a2   
  Reference for: Uropeltis macrolepis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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