Teretrurus

<i>Teretrurus</i>

Teretrurus

Genus of snakes

Teretrurus is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes which are endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats of India. Currently, four species are recognized.

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Species

  • Teretrurus hewstoni (Beddome, 1876) -found in the Wayanad Range of the Western Ghats
  • Teretrurus rhodogaster Wall, 1921 – Wall's shield-tail snake, Palni Mountain burrowing snake, red-bellied shield-tail snake
        Occurs in southern India in the Western Ghats encompassing the Palni Hills
  • Teretrurus sanguineus (Beddome, 1867) – purple-red earth snake
        Occurs in southern India in the Manimuthar Hills and Nyamakad
  • Teretrurus travancoricus (Beddome, 1886) – Travancore earth snake, found in the southern Western Ghats south of Shengottai Gap

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