Natural History Museum; London SW7 5BD; UK Department of Zoology; Central University of Kerala; Kerala; 671320; India.
Zootaxa. 2023 Jul 24;5319(1):103-119. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.7.
A new species of the uropeltid snake genus Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 is described from the environs of Munnar in the Anamalai hils of the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Uropeltis tricuspida sp. nov. superficially resembles the poorly known and closely related U. petersi, but differs from that species in having more ventral and subcaudal scales, and a tri- rather than bicuspid posterior tip to the terminal scute.
描述了来自印度半岛西高止山脉安纳马拉丘陵的芒纳地区的一个新的蜷蛇属 Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 蛇种。新种 Uropeltis tricuspida sp. nov. 表面上与知之甚少且密切相关的 U. petersi 相似,但与该物种不同之处在于具有更多的腹鳞和尾下鳞,以及三而不是二尖的后端终端鳞。