Uropeltidae

Uropeltidae
	Ceylon earth snake, Uropeltis ceylanica
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Alethinophidia
Keluarga:	Uropeltidae; J.P. Müller, 1832
Sinonim
	Uropeltana J.P. Müller, 1832; Uropeltacea J.P. Müller, 1832; Rhinophes Fitzinger, 1843; Uropeltidae Gray, 1845; Uropeltina Gray, 1858; Plecturina Gray, 1858; Rhinophidae Cope, 1900; Uropeltinae McDowell, 1975;

Uropeltidae ialah sekeluarga ular pengorek primitif yang endemik di selatan India dan Sri Lanka. Namanya berasal dari perkataan Yunani ura ("ekor") dan pelte ("perisai") sempena perisai keratin yang besar di hujung ekornya. Kini dikenalpastinya lapan genus yang merangkumi 47 spesies.^[2] Tidak satu pun ular ini yang berbisa.^[3]

Pembiakan sunting

Kesemua ahli keluarga ular ini menyimpan telur yang menetas di dalam badan ibu.^[4]

Genera sunting

Genus^[2]	Pengarang takson^[2]	Spesies^[2]	Taburan geografi^[1]
Brachyophidium	Wall, 1921	1	Southern India in the Palni Hills.
Melanophidium	Günther, 1864	3	Selatan India di Bukit-bukit Peermade di Kerala dan Bukit-bukit Anaimalai di Tamil Nadu.
Platyplectrurus	Günther, 1868	2	Selatan India dan Sri Lanka.
Plectrurus	A.H.A. Duméril, 1851	4	Selatan India.
Pseudotyphlops	Schlegel, 1839	1	Sri Lanka di tengah dan selatan wilayah-wilayah Uva dan Sabaragamuwa.
Rhinophis	Hemprich, 1820	12	Selatan India dan Sri Lanka.
Teretrurus	Beddome, 1886	1	Selatan India di daerah Wayanad, Travancore, Nalumukku, Oothu, Bukit-bukit Manimuthar (di Ghat Barat Tirunelveli) dan Nyamakad (di Ghat Barat Bukit-bukit Munnar, Kerala).
Uropeltis^T	Cuvier, 1829	23	Selatan India dan Sri Lanka.

^T) Genus jenis.^[1]

Rujukan sunting

^ ^a ^b ^c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ralat petik: Tag <ref> tidak sah; teks bagi rujukan ITIS tidak disediakan
^ Greene, H. W. and R. W. Mcdiarmid. 2005. Wallace and Savage: heroes, theories, and venomous snake mimicry. pp 190–208. Donnelly M. A., Crother B. I., Guyer C., Wake M. H., White M. E. (eds.). Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics, a Herpetological Perspective. Chicago University of Chicago Press.
^ Tinkle, D.W., Gibbons, J.W. (1977). The Distribution and Evolution of Viviparity in Reptiles. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Miscellaneous Publications 154. PDF

Pautan luar sunting

Uropeltidae di TIGR Reptile Database. Dicapai pada 3 November 2008.

[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-2] Ralat petik: Tag <ref> tidak sah; teks bagi rujukan ITIS tidak disediakan

[3] Greene, H. W. and R. W. Mcdiarmid. 2005. Wallace and Savage: heroes, theories, and venomous snake mimicry. pp 190–208. Donnelly M. A., Crother B. I., Guyer C., Wake M. H., White M. E. (eds.). Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics, a Herpetological Perspective. Chicago University of Chicago Press.

[4] Tinkle, D.W., Gibbons, J.W. (1977). The Distribution and Evolution of Viviparity in Reptiles. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Miscellaneous Publications 154. PDF

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Uropeltidae

Ceylon earth snake, Uropeltis ceylanica
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Alethinophidia
Keluarga:	Uropeltidae J.P. Müller, 1832
Sinonim
Uropeltana J.P. Müller, 1832 Uropeltacea J.P. Müller, 1832 Rhinophes Fitzinger, 1843 Uropeltidae Gray, 1845 Uropeltina Gray, 1858 Plecturina Gray, 1858 Rhinophidae Cope, 1900 Uropeltinae McDowell, 1975^[1]