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Uropeltis
Cuvier, 1829
(reptile)
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Entity:
Uropeltidae (Family) - shield-tail snakes
..Brachyophidium (Genus)
..Melanophidium (Genus)
..Platyplectrurus (Genus)
..Plectrurus (Genus)
..Pseudotyphlops (Genus)
..Rhinophis (Genus)
..Teretrurus (Genus)
..Uropeltis (Genus)
....Uropeltis arcticeps (Species)
....Uropeltis beddomii (Species)
....Uropeltis bicatenata (Species)
....Uropeltis broughami (Species)
....Uropeltis ceylanica (Species)
....Uropeltis dindigalensis (Species)
....Uropeltis ellioti (Species)
....Uropeltis liura (Species)
....Uropeltis macrolepis (Species)
....Uropeltis macrorhyncha (Species)
....Uropeltis maculata (Species)
....Uropeltis madurensis (Species)
....Uropeltis melanogaster (Species)
....Uropeltis myhendrae (Species)
....Uropeltis nitida (Species)
....Uropeltis ocellata (Species)
....Uropeltis petersi (Species)
....Uropeltis phillipsi (Species)
....Uropeltis phipsonii (Species)
....Uropeltis pulneyensis (Species)
....Uropeltis rubrolineata (Species)
....Uropeltis rubromaculata (Species)
....Uropeltis ruhunae (Species)
....Uropeltis shorttii (Species)
....Uropeltis smithi (Species)
....Uropeltis woodmasoni (Species)
Authorship
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Cuvier, [G.] 1829.
Règne Anim.
(ed. 2)
2
: 76 ("Les Uropeltis, Cuvier, sont un genre nouveau", incl. footnote 3: "
Uropeltis ceylanicus
, Nob.; -
Uropeltis philippinus
.").
≡
Description/Diagnosis in French
:
loc. cit.
Etymology
Latin (subst. fem.)
pelta
(gen.:
peltae
), a small light shield of leather.
Ref:
B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000
: 328.
Greek (subst. fem.)
πέλτη
[
péltē
]
, a small light shield of leather.
Ref:
B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000
: 328.
Gender
Feminine
Ref:
B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000.
Tropical Zoology
13
: 328.
Types
Type of
:
Uropeltidae
(Family)
Müller, 1831
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 48.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Uropeltinae
(Subfamily)
Type
:
Uropeltis ceylanica
Cuvier, 1829
Ref:
V. Wallach et al., 2014
: 765.
[implicit]
Type
:
Uropeltis ceylanicus
Cuvier, 1829
Ref:
V. Wallach et al., 2014
: 764.
Vernacular Names (English)
Translation
:
shield-bearing tail
Ref:
B. Lanza & S. Boscherini, 2000
: 328.
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