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Teretrurus
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Teretrurus

Teretrurus is a monotypic genus created for the nonvenomous shield tail snake species, Teretrurus sanguineus, endemic to southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Purple-red Earth Snake

speciesTeretrurus sanguineus

Travancore Earth Snake

speciesTeretrurus travancoricus

Hewston's Earth Snake

speciesTeretrurus hewstoni

Teretrurus siruvaniensis

speciesTeretrurus siruvaniensis

Palni Mountain Burrowing Snake

speciesTeretrurus rhodogaster

Teretrurus agumbensis

speciesTeretrurus agumbensis

Teretrurus periyarensis

speciesTeretrurus periyarensis

Teretrurus albiventer

speciesTeretrurus albiventer

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32376.