Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Uropeltidae > Pseudoplectrurus > Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Pseudoplectrurus canaricus (Karnataka Burrowing Snake)

Synonyms: Plectrurus canaricus; Silybura canarica

Wikipedia Abstract

Plectrurus canaricus, commonly known as the Karnataka shieldtail, is a species of uropeltid snake endemic to India.
View Wikipedia Record: Pseudoplectrurus canaricus

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
South Western Ghats montane rain forests India Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kudremukh National Park II 202772 Karnataka, India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka India, Sri Lanka Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0