Plectrurus Dumeril & Dumeril , 1851
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Plectrurus Dumeril & Dumeril, 1851 View in CoL View at ENA
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).
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