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Plecturus (African burrowing snakes)
Taxonomy
Plecturus was named by Dumeril (1851). It is extant.
It was assigned to Uropeltidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Uropeltidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Plecturus Dumeril |
| 1996 | Plecturus Frank and Ramus |
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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.
G. Plecturus Dumeril 1851 [African burrowing snakes]
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Plecturus aureus Beddome 1880 [Kerala burrowing snake]
Plecturus perroteti Dumeril and Bibron 1854 [Nilgiri burrowing snake]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available