Road kills of the endemic snake Perrotet’s Shieldtail Plectrurus perrotetii, Dumeril, 1851 (Reptilia: Squamata: Uropeltidae) in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

P. Santhoshkumar; P. Kannan; B. Ramakrishnan; A Veeramani; A. Samson; S. Karthick; J. Leonaprincy; B. Nisha; N. Dineshkumar; A. Abinesh; U. Vigneshkumar; P. Girikaran

doi:10.11609/jott.2494.8.11.9375-9376

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Sep 2016)

Road kills of the endemic snake Perrotet’s Shieldtail Plectrurus perrotetii, Dumeril, 1851 (Reptilia: Squamata: Uropeltidae) in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

P. Santhoshkumar,
P. Kannan,
B. Ramakrishnan,
A Veeramani,
A. Samson,
S. Karthick,
J. Leonaprincy,
B. Nisha,
N. Dineshkumar,
A. Abinesh,
U. Vigneshkumar,
P. Girikaran

Affiliations

P. Santhoshkumar: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
P. Kannan: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
B. Ramakrishnan: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
A Veeramani: Department of Zoology, Government Arts College (Autonomous) Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu 612002, India
A. Samson: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
S. Karthick: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
J. Leonaprincy: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
B. Nisha: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
N. Dineshkumar: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
A. Abinesh: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
U. Vigneshkumar: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India
P. Girikaran: Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu 643002, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2494.8.11.9375-9376
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 9375 – 9376

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Twenty seven road killed specimens of Plectrurus perrotetii were recorded in Emerald and its surrounding areas in the Nilgiris. Among the road kills, fourteen of them were females, seven were males and six are juveniles. Among the road kill female specimens of this species, it was observed that seven were gravid with fully developed young. Three to six developing young ones were observed

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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