Uropeltis phillipsi
| Uropeltis phillipsi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Uropeltidae |
| Genus: | Uropeltis |
| Species: | U. phillipsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Uropeltis phillipsi (Nicholls, 1929) | |
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Uropeltis phillipsi, commonly known as Phillips' earth snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Etymology
The specific name, phillipsi, is in honor of British naturalist Major William Watt Addison Phillips (1892–1981).[2]
References
Further reading
- de Silva A, Goonewardene S, Bauer A, Austin CC, Drake J, de Silva P (2005). "Notes on the snakes inhabiting the Knuckles massif with special reference to Uropeltis melanogaster (Gray, 1858) and Uropeltis phillipsi (Nicholls, 1929)". Lyriocephalus 6: 149-159.
- Nicholls, Lucius (1929). "A new species of Earth Snake of the genus Silybura ". Spolia Zeylanica (Colombo) 15 (2): 153-155. (Silybura phillipsi, new species).
- Smith, Malcolm 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. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Uropeltis phillipsi, new combination, p. 87).
See also
- Genus Uropeltis.
External links
- Uropeltis phillipsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2007.
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