Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Uropeltidae > Teretrurus > Teretrurus sanguineus

Teretrurus sanguineus (Purple-red Earth Snake)

Synonyms: Platyplectrurus hewstoni; Platyplectrurus sanguineus; Plectrurus sanguineus; Plectrurus scabricauda; Teretrurus travancoricus

Wikipedia Abstract

Teretrurus is a monotypic genus created for the nonvenomous shield tail snake species, Teretrurus sanguineus, endemic to southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.
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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
Eravikulam National Park II 39436 Kerala, India

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cosmocercella uropeltidarum <Unverified Name>[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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