Teretrurus Explained

Teretrurus is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes which are endemic to the central and southern Western Ghats of India. Currently, eight species are recognized.

Species

• Teretrurus agumbens Cyriac, Ganesh, Madani, Ghosh, Kulkarni & Shanker, 2024^[1] - found in Agumbe
• Teretrurus albiventer Cyriac, Ganesh, Madani, Ghosh, Kulkarni & Shanker, 2024^[2] - found in the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
• Teretrurus hewstoni (Beddome, 1876) - found in the Wayanad Range of the Western Ghats
• Teretrurus periyarensis Cyriac, Ganesh, Madani, Ghosh, Kulkarni & Shanker, 2024^[3] - found in Periyar National Park
• Teretrurus rhodogaster Wall, 1921 – Wall's shield-tail snake, Palni Mountain burrowing snake, red-bellied shield-tail snake - occurs in southern India in the Western Ghats encompassing the Palni Hills
• Teretrurus sanguineus (Beddome, 1867) – purple-red earth snake - occurs in southern India in the Manimuthar Hills and Nyamakad
• Teretrurus siruvaniensis Cyriac, Ganesh, Madani, Ghosh, Kulkarni & Shanker, 2024^[4] - found in Siruvani Hills
• Teretrurus travancoricus (Beddome, 1886) – Travancore earth snake, found in the southern Western Ghats south of Shengottai Gap

Notes and References

1. Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
2. Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
3. Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630
4. Vivek P. Cyriac, S.R. Ganesh, Zeba Madani, Avrajjal Ghosh, Vidisha Kulkarni, Kartik Shanker. 2024. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the Western Ghats of India. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 3(2); DOI: doi.org/10.18061/bssb.v3i2.9630