Melanophidium punctatum
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Melanophidium punctatum Beddome, 1871 |
Beddome's Black Shieldtail Melanophidium punctatum is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India. Type locality: "Travancore, [..] under a stone in the Muti-Kuli Vayal, a little valley on the Asamboo range (4,500 feet elevation)"
[edit] External links
- EMBL reptile database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Melanophidium_punctatum2.jpg
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Melanophidium_punctatum.jpg
[edit] References
- Beddome,R.H. 1871 Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci., 4: 401-404 [Reprint: J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Sci., London, 1 (10): 324-326, 1940.
- Mason, George E. 1888 Description of a new earth-snake of the genus Silybura from the Bombay Presidency with remarks on little known Uropeltidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 22: 184-186.