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Platyplecturus madurensis (Travancore Hills thorntail snake)

Reptilia - Uropeltidae

Taxonomy
Platyplecturus madurensis was named by Beddome (1877). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Platyplecturus madurensis Beddome

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyAnilioidea
familyUropeltidae
genusPlatyplecturusGunther 1868
speciesmadurensisBeddome 1877

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Platyplecturus madurensis Beddome 1877 [Travancore Hills thorntail snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available