Genus Plectrurus
(African burrowing snakes)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Family Uropeltidae (shield-tailed snakes and short-tail snakes)
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  Genus Plectrurus (African burrowing snakes)
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  Species Plectrurus aureus
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  Species Plectrurus canaricus
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  Species Plectrurus guentheri
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  Species Plectrurus perroteti