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Plecturus perroteti (Nilgiri burrowing snake)

Osteichthyes - Uropeltidae

Taxonomy
Plecturus perroteti was named by Dumeril and Bibron (1854). It is extant.

Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2018-09-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Plecturus perroteti Dumeril and Bibron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
superfamilyAnilioidea
familyUropeltidae
genusPlecturusDumeril 1851
speciesperrotetiDumeril and Bibron 1854

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.

Plecturus perroteti Dumeril and Bibron 1854 [Nilgiri burrowing snake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available