Ular ekor perisai Uropeltis pulneyensis Klasifikasi ilmiah Kerajaan Animalia Filum Chordata Subfilum Vertebrata Kelas Re

Ular ekor perisai

Uropeltis pulneyensis
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Ordo:	Squamata
Subordo:	Serpentes
Infraordo:	Alethinophidia
Famili:	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 atau ular ekor perisai adalah suku ular yang terdiri dari ular-ular berekor seperti perisai. Nama latin ular ini merujuk pada ciri-cirinya yang khas: ura="ekor" dan peltas="perisai". Ular-ular ini endemik di India dan Sri Lanka.

Genus sunting

ilustrasi ekor milik ular ekor perisai

Sejauh ini terdapat 8 genus.

Genus	Penemu	Spesies	Nama umum	Penyebaran
Brachyophidium	Wall, 1921	1	India Selatan
Melanophidium	Günther, 1864	3	India Selatan
Platyplectrurus	Günther, 1868	2	India Selatan dan Sri Lanka
Plectrurus	A.H.A. Duméril, 1851	4	India.
Pseudotyphlops	Schlegel, 1839	1	Sri Lanka
Rhinophis	Hemprich, 1820	12	India Selatan and Sri Lanka
Teretrurus	Beddome, 1886	1	India Selatan
Uropeltis^T	Cuvier, 1829	26	Ular ekor perisai sejati	India dan Sri Lanka

^T) Type genus

Referensi sunting

^ 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).
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.

Informasi lebih lanjut sunting

Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Uropeltidae, p. 59).
Uropeltidae di Pangkalan Data Reptil Reptarium.cz. Diakses 3 November 2008.
Uropeltidae @ Reptile Database

[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).

[2] 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.