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Kerala Burrowing Snake

Plectrurus aureus

Classification

Plectrurus aureus, commonly known as the Kerala burrowing snake or Kerala shield-tail snake, is a species of uropeltid snake endemic to India. Geographic range It is found in southwestern India in the Western Ghats. Type locality: "Chambra mountain in Wynad, near Kalpatty - one under an old rotten log at 6,000 feet elevation, the other under a large stone at 4,500 feet, both in heavy evergreen forest".

Distribution

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