Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Uropeltidae > Plectrurus > Plectrurus guentheri

Plectrurus guentheri (Purple shieldtail snake; Günther's Burrowing Snake)

Synonyms: Plectrurus guntheri

Wikipedia Abstract

Plectrurus guentheri, commonly known as Günther's burrowing snake, is a species of uropeltid snake endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
View Wikipedia Record: Plectrurus guentheri

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

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