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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Uropeltidae
Bibliography of the genus Platyplectrurus
Biodiversity of the family Uropeltidae








Genus
Platyplectrurus

Madurai Shieldtail and Three-lined Shieldtail

Madurai-Schildschwanz und Dreistreifen-Schildschwanz

Madurai-skjoldhale og Trestribet Skjoldhale

1868 Platyplectrurus Günther (type species: Plectrurus trilineatus Beddome 1867)
1925 Wallia Werner (type species: Wallia inexspectata Werner 1925; syn. Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016
Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).

Platyplectrurus madurensis

Madurai Shieldtail

Madurai-Schildschwanz

Madurai-skjoldhale

1877 Platyplectrurus madurensis Beddome
1925 Wallia inexspectata Werner (Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016)
1954 Plectrurus ruhunae Deraniyagala (Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016)
Platyplectrurus madurensis ruhunae Deraniyagala 1955
Platyplectrurus madurensis ruhanae [unjustified emendation] Gans 1966

Remarks: Although the taxon ruhunae was described on the basis of a specimen that allegedly came from Galle, Sri Lanka, this is probably a misunderstanding. According to Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera (2016), it more likely came from Madurai, India. There has been no other records of the genus Platyplectrurus from Sri Lanka.
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).


Platyplectrurus trilineatus

Three-lined Shieldtail

Dreistreifen-Schildschwanz

Trestribet Skjoldhale

1867 Plectrurus ? trilineatus Beddome
Platyplectrurus trilineatus Günther 1868
1886 Platyplectrurus bilineatus Beddome (Pyron, Ganesh, Sayyed, Sharma, Wallach & Somaweera 2016)

Remarks: Srinivasulu, Srinivasulu & Ganesan (2013) suggested that the presence of this species in Kerala, which is based on a record from 'Madras Hills, Travancore' (Smith 1943 - and presumably perpetuated by Murthy 1985; Palot & Radhakrishnan 2003; Easa & Ramachandran 2004; Palot 2015) could be erroneous.
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).