Teretrurus is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes which are endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats of India. Currently, eight species are recognized.
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
References
↑Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
↑Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
↑Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
↑Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
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