Plectrurus Dumeril & Dumeril, 1851

Material examined.

Plectrurus perroteti Duméril & Bibron in Duméril & Duméril, 1851 (MCZ Herp R-3875).

Description (Figs 48-49).

Trunk vertebrae. More elongate than trunk vertebrae of Brachyophidium; otherwise, the morphology is similar to that of other uropeltids.

Trunk / caudal transition. The morphology is similar to that of other uropeltids.

Number of vertebrae. Plectrurus perroteti (MCZ Herp R-3875):?147 (?141+3+3+; a few anterior trunk vertebrae lacking).

Data from literature: Plectrurus perroteti: 154 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 12+ caudal vertebrae (Alexander and Gans 1966).