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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC8FFCEFCABCEE2FB09FD04" ID-CoL="4JVNV" authority="(Beddome, 1876)" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[835,1263,730,757]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFCABCEE2FBCEFD04" bold="true" box="[835,1064,730,757]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Teretrurus hewstoni</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFC8FFCEFBDDCEE2FB01FD04" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[1077,1255,730,757]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="701" refId="ref6927" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1876. Description of a new species Indian snake of the genus Platyplectrurus from the Wynad, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 701. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1876. tb 02607. x." type="journal article" year="1876">Beddome, 1876</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitation id="F9CB26F5FFC8FFCEFC5DCEC6FC22FCE9" box="[949,964,766,792]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="3.[161,237,1749,1775]" captionTargetBox="[160,797,1306,1727]" captionTargetId="figure-231@3.[160,797,1306,1727]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 2. Preserved specimens of Teretrurus species: (a) T. travancoricus ZSI/WGRC/2135-6, (b) T. hewstoni ZSI/WGRC/3124, (c) T. sanguineus CSPT/S-10, (d) T. rhodogaster CSPT/S-14. Photos: S. R. Ganesh." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913855" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913855/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="F9CB26F5FFC8FFCEFC27CEC6FC38FCE9" box="[975,990,766,792]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="5.[863,939,1015,1041]" captionTargetBox="[863,1496,215,995]" captionTargetId="figure-362@5.[863,1496,215,995]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figure 4. Teretrurus hewstoni: live colouration; (a) head lateral view; (b) entire dorsal view; (c) entire lateral view, (d) entire ventral view. Photos: Avrajjal Ghosh." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913861/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">4</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFCABCF12FC94FCCC" box="[835,882,810,829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">1876.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC8FFCEFC92CF12FA5DFCCC" authority="Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1876" authorityName="Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. London" authorityYear="1876" box="[890,1467,810,830]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFC92CF12FBABFCCC" box="[890,1101,810,829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Platyplectrurus hewstoni</emphasis>
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Beddome,
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFB5ECF13FA5DFCCC" box="[1206,1467,810,830]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1876</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFA54CF12FA26FCCC" box="[1468,1472,810,829]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">:</emphasis>
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pp. 701
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFCABCF49FBFCFC7B" box="[835,1050,881,906]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Taxonomic History</emphasis>
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: This species was first described as
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFCABCFACFBB1FC5F" box="[835,1111,916,942]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Platyplectrurus hewstoni</emphasis>
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by
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFC8FFCEFB62CFACFAADFC5E" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[1162,1355,916,943]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="701" refId="ref6927" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1876. Description of a new species Indian snake of the genus Platyplectrurus from the Wynad, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 701. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1876. tb 02607. x." type="journal article" year="1876">Beddome (1876)</bibRefCitation>
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based on
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collected from Manantoddy [=Mananthavadi] (11.779˚
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˚E;
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asl) in the Wayanad. Subsequently,
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFC8FFCEFC09C838FB7AFBEA" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[993,1180,1024,1051]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref6982" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, Annals and Magazines of Natural History, 17 (5): 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938609460106." type="journal article" year="1886">Beddome (1886)</bibRefCitation>
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transferred it to the genus
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFCAAC81DFC52FBCF" box="[834,948,1061,1086]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Teretrurus</emphasis>
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and also relegated its status as a subspecies of
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC9FFCFFF48CCEFFEDFFF01" box="[160,313,215,240]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Plectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFF48CCEFFEDFFF01" box="[160,313,215,240]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">T. sanguineus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFC9FFCFFEA4CCEEFDF5FF01" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[332,531,214,240]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" refId="ref7088" refString="Boulenger, G. A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London; xviii, 541 pp." type="book" year="1890">Boulenger (1890)</bibRefCitation>
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synonymized it under
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC9FFCFFF48CCC2FE2FFEE5" box="[160,457,250,276]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFF48CCC2FE2FFEE5" box="[160,457,250,276]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Platyplectrurus sanguineus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFC9FFCFFE31CCC2FD78FEE5" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[473,670,250,276]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" refId="ref7122" refString="Boulenger, G. A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., containing the families Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae, Boidae, Ilysiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae and Colubridae aglyphae, part. British Museum (Natural History), London; 448 pp." type="book" year="1893">Boulenger (1893)</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFC9FFCFFD32CCC2FF0FFEC9" author="Smith, M. A." pageId="5" pageNumber="30" pagination="583" refId="ref8648" refString="Smith, M. A. 1943. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Vol-III Serpentes. Taylor & Francis, London, UK; p. 583." type="book chapter" year="1943">Smith (1943)</bibRefCitation>
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maintained this synonymy, and its status remains the same till date.
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFF48CDD4FE68FDF7" box="[160,398,492,518]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Differential Diagnosis</emphasis>
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: A species of
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFDCFCDD5FD7FFDF7" box="[551,665,493,518]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Teretrurus</emphasis>
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endemic to Wayanad Hills, possessing a distinct supraocular shield (vs. lacking in
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFEA3CE0DFE0CFDBF" box="[331,490,564,590]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">T. rhodogaster</emphasis>
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), with much lower ventral counts 120-128 (vs.
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC9FFCFFDEDCE61FD53FD83" box="[517,693,601,626]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFDEDCE61FD53FD83" box="[517,693,601,626]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">T. travancoricus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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;
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<quantity id="A6089795FFC9FFCFFD2ACE60FF5EFD67" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.7084" metricValueMax="3.81" metricValueMin="3.6068" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" unit="in" value="146.0" valueMax="150.0" valueMin="142.0">142-150 in</quantity>
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC9FFCFFF55CE45FEB4FD67" box="[189,338,637,662]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFF55CE45FEB4FD67" box="[189,338,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">T. sanguineus</emphasis>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFC9FFCFFF48CE97FE12FA11" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" type="description">
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<paragraph id="614F3A70FFC9FFCFFF48CE97FE12FA11" blockId="5.[159,799,686,1504]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFF48CE97FE26FD39" box="[160,448,686,712]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Description and variation</emphasis>
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:
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFE39CE97FD23FD39" box="[465,709,687,712]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Measurements in mm</emphasis>
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: snoutvent length: 159; tail length: 4.5; head length: 5.7; head width: 3; body width: 3.3; eye diameter: 0.7; eye-snout distance: 1.8; inter-orbital distance: 2.5; inter-narial distance: 0.8.
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFEADCF06FE7DFCA9" box="[325,411,830,856]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Habitus</emphasis>
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: Small-bodied, trunk cylindrical to slightly compressed, especially near tail; body fairly slender; head not distinct from neck, as wide as midbody; snout fairly rounded, ovoid in profile, not pointed; tail small, abruptly ending in a short pointed spur.
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFD5BCFF6FCF1FC19" box="[691,791,974,1000]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Scalation</emphasis>
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: scales smooth, cycloid, without apical pits; head scales lacking pre-, post-oculars; supraocular and temporal present; eye covered under ocular scale, partially fused; prefrontal distinctly shorter than frontal or parietal; mental groove absent; dorsal scales in 15:15:15 rows; supralabials 4/4; infralabials 4/4; ventrals 122; subcaudals 7 pairs; terminal caudal scales weakly keeled, with a sharp projection in the end.
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFE15C8D6FD94FAF9" box="[509,626,1262,1288]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Coloration</emphasis>
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: dorsum drab brownish grey having mild orange stripes along the interstitial regions of the scales; parietal-occipital regions with a weak reddish orange collar mark and similar coloredspeckles on sides; venter orange (turning creamy yellow in preservative) densely mottled with blackish brown reticulations; eye black.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFC9FFCFFF48C9CFFCFCF8C0" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="614F3A70FFC9FFCFFF48C9CFFCFCF8C0" blockId="5.[160,798,1527,1842]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFF48C9CFFDD9F9E0" box="[160,575,1527,1553]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Distribution and Natural History</emphasis>
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: This species is distributed only north of the Palghat Gap, in the Central Western Ghats, in Wayanad region. The authors found this species in Manikunnu Mala, near M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation there in Puthoorvayal (11.604˚N, 76.106˚E;
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<elevation id="EADDDD43FFC9FFCFFEFECA93FE6DF937" box="[278,395,1707,1734]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" unit="m" value="950.0">
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<quantity id="A6089795FFC9FFCFFEFECA93FE87F937" box="[278,353,1707,1734]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" unit="m" value="950.0">950 m</quantity>
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asl
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</elevation>
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) near
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<collectingMunicipality id="812BA00AFFC9FFCFFE34CA93FD1DF934" box="[476,763,1707,1733]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Meppadi-Kalpetta region</collectingMunicipality>
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in
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<location id="642F6CABFFC9FFCFFF48CAF7FEB1F918" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E9598B66FFC8FFCFFCABCEE2FCFCF8C0:642F6CABFFC9FFCFFF48CAF7FEB1F918" box="[160,343,1743,1769]" municipality="Meppadi-Kalpetta region" name="Waynad district" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" stateProvince="Kerala">Waynad district</location>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="A334F492FFC9FFCFFE8DCAF7FE4BF918" box="[357,429,1743,1769]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Kerala</collectingRegion>
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during
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<date id="154E1CB0FFC9FFCFFDE3CAF7FD78F91B" box="[523,670,1743,1770]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" value="2015-08">
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<collectingDate id="050AE558FFC9FFCFFDE3CAF7FD78F91B" box="[523,670,1743,1770]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" value="2015-08">August 2015</collectingDate>
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</date>
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. The snake was encountered during daytime, resting under fallen logs near secondary gallery forests adjoining plantations.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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