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                                      Diagnostic  characters:  
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                                      | Body stout and  cylindrical; head moderately large; tail shorter than body, swollen at the base  and pointed; irregular tubercles interspaced with small granular scales, belly  scales imbricate, toes without lamellae, pupil vertical. Dorsum light-brown with dark-brown, paired, transversely  arranged spots or strips continuing till the groin; belly light brown. SVL: 60mm.     | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | Habit  and Habitat:  | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | Nocturnal; terrestrial, mostly active during  evening hours; found in dry deciduous forest below rotten logs, rocks, inside  leaf letter | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | Diet: | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | Small insects like grylids, roches, ants etc | 
                                     
                                    
                                      |  Legal Protection:  | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | WL (P) A, 1972- None. | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | Conservation  status and Threats: | 
                                     
                                    
                                      | Not accessed. Uncommon.  No serious threats observed. | 
                                     
                                    
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                                      Distribution:Madhya Pradesh: Balaghat, Mandla (KTR). Elsewhere in India: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala | 
                                     
                                   
                                 
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