Rhinophis sanguineus

BMNH 1946.1.16.54 (formerly BMNH 64.3.9.2) lectotype (see Pyron et al. 2016), Cherambady [Cherambadi, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu] .

BMNH 1946.1.16.76 (formerly BMNH 74.4.29.110) holotype of R. microlepis, Wayanad district, Kerala .

BMNH 74.2.29.695–697, Wynad [Wayanad district, Kerala].

BMNH 68.4.3.38, Nilgherries [possibly Wayanad district, Kerala or Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu] .

BMNH 1922.5.25.6, Nellacolla [Nellacotta?, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu].

BMNH 74.4.29.108, Wynad [Wayanad district, Kerala].

BMNH 66.12.15.3, Wynad, Madras Presidency [possibly Wayanad district, Kerala or Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu] .

ZMB 5536, Cherambady [Cherambadi, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu].

VPRS0918092 and VPRS0918093, Meppadi, Wayanad district, Kerala.

BUB S-2, BUB S-4, BUB S-15, BUB S-1584, BUB S-1588, Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Ambalavayal, Wayanad district, Kerala.

MNHN 1897.246, “ Sri Lanka ” [probably in error]. See Discussion for comments on colour pattern and identification of this specimen.

MCZ 3865 and MCZ 3854b, “Madras” [probably the historical administrative region of Madras Presidency, which included parts of present-day Wayanad]. See Discussion for comments on colour pattern and identification of MCZ 3854b.