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{{Short description|Species of snake}}<br />
{{Speciesbox <br />
| name = ''Uropeltis jerdoni''<br />
| genus = Uropeltis<br />
| species = jerdoni<br />
| authority = Ganesh, Punith, Adhikari & Achyuthan, 2021<br />
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'''''Uropeltis jerdoni''''', also known as the '''Jerdon's shieldtail snake''', is a species of snake belonging to the family [[Uropeltidae]]. This recently [[species description|described]] species is known from the [[Devarayanadurga]] hills, abutting the [[Bangalore]] suburbs in [[Bangalore Rural District]] and the bordering [[Tumkur district]] of [[Karnataka]] State in [[South India]].<ref name=threatened>{{cite journal |last1=Ganesh |first1=S.R. |last2=Punith |first2=K.G. |last3=Adhikari |first3=O.D. |last4=Achyuthan |first4=N.S. |name-list-style=amp |title=A new species of shieldtail snake (Squamata: Uropeltidae: ''Uropeltis'') from the Bengaluru uplands, India |journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa |date=2021 |volume=13 |issue=6 |page=18508–18517 |doi=10.11609/jott.6736.13.6.18508-18517|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Named in honour of Dr. [[Thomas Caverhill Jerdon]] (1811–1872), a pioneering English naturalist who worked extensively on Indian fauna. He described some of the foremost [[reptiles]] from [[Bangalore]], including [[Mysore day gecko]].<br />
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==Identification==<br />
A species of ''Uropeltis'' from the Bangalore uplands, characterized by having the following combination of characters: (1) a truncate and flattened caudal shield with a circumscribed concave disc; (2) part of [[rostral scale]] visible from above subequal to its distance from [[frontal scale]]; (3) rostral partially separating [[nasal scale]]s; (4) 17: 17: 17 [[dorsal scales|dorsal scale]] rows; (5) 140–148 [[ventral scales]] and 7–9 pairs of [[subcaudal scales]]; (6) dark blackish-grey above, powdered with minute yellow specks, yellow lateral stripes on neck and tail; ventrolateral region with yellow mottling; venter black.<ref name=threatened/><br />
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==Distribution and habitat==<br />
''Uropeltis jerdoni'' is a [[fossorial]] and [[nocturnal]] species that feeds on earthworms. It was described from the [[Devarayanadurga]] hills near [[Tumkur]] town. This species occurs in moist forest floor and under the humus-rich top soil, in hilly deciduous forest terrain. <br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Uropeltidae]]<br />
[[Category:Snakes of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]<br />
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