The Uropeltidae, also commonly known as shield-tail snakes, shield-tailed snakes or earth snakes, are a family of primitive, nonvenomous, burrowing snakes...
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Achyuthan, N.S. (2021). "A new species of shieldtail snake (Squamata: Uropeltidae: Uropeltis) from the Bengaluru uplands, India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened...
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(Cylindrophiidae – Asian pipe snakes, Anomochilidae – dwarf pipe snakes, and Uropeltidae – shield-tailed snakes and short-tailed snakes), three families now considered...
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This is a list of reptiles of Sri Lanka. The reptilian diversity in Sri Lanka is higher than the diversity of other vertebrates such as mammals and fish...
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Uropeltis macrorhyncha (category Uropeltidae)
Uropeltis macrorhyncha is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India. There are no subspecies that are recognized...
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bengalensis, Calotes calotes, and rare, non venomous snake of the family Uropeltidae including the recently discovered Uropeltis rajendrani, Rhinophis goweri...
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northwestern South America, as well as in northwestern and southeastern Brazil. Uropeltidae Müller, 1832 8 55 Shield-tailed snakes Southern India and Sri Lanka....
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Family Pythonidae – pythons Family Tropidophiidae – dwarf boas Family Uropeltidae – pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes Family Viperidae – vipers, pitvipers...
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Uropeltis ceylanica (category Uropeltidae)
ceylanica is a species of nonvenomous shieldtail snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. No subspecies...
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found in the Western Ghats. The major population of the snake family Uropeltidae is restricted to the region. Several endemic reptile genera and species...
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Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)". Zootaxa. 4881 (1): zootaxa.4881.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1...
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I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British...
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Peter's Philippine earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Brown dorsally and ventrally, each scale...
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is a recently described, little-known species of snake of the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu in South India. As...
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shieldtail or Roshan Perera's rhinophis, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was first described from three...
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(Lacertidae), Pelamis Daudin 1803 (Hydrophiidae) and Uropeltis Cuvier 1829 (Uropeltidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13 (2): 327–329. Bibcode:2000TrZoo..13..327L. doi:10...
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Melanophidium wynaudense (category Uropeltidae)
as the Indian black earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India. M. wynaudense is found in the Western...
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porrectus, or Willey's earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The specific name, porrectus, is Latin for...
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blythii, or Blyth's earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the rain forests and grasslands of Sri Lanka...
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Cylindrophiidae. Subsequently, it was moved to Aniliidae, before being placed in Uropeltidae by the American herpetologist Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. in 1975. In...
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known as Trevelyan's earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to the rain forests and grasslands of Sri Lanka. Dorsum...
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unique to the Indian region. The unique forms include the snake family Uropeltidae found only in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Fossil taxa from the Cretaceous...
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Uropeltis madurensis (category Uropeltidae)
endangered species of small, fossorial, nonvenomous snake of the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. The species...
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or the zigzag shield-tail snake is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species...
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Uropeltis jerdoni (category Uropeltidae)
Jerdon's shieldtail snake, is a species of snake belonging to the family Uropeltidae. This recently described species is known from the Devarayanadurga hills...
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Eranga Viraj's shieldtail snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it was discovered in the...
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Teretrurus (category Uropeltidae)
Systematics of the Shieldtail Snake Genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Squamata, Uropeltidae) Reveals Extensive Cryptic Diversity and Novel Geographic Spread in the...
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Plectrurus guentheri (category Uropeltidae)
known as Günther's burrowing snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. The following...
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Brongersma, 1951 Dwarf boas Dusky dwarf boa (Tropidophis melanurus) Uropeltidae Müller, 1832 Shield-tailed snakes, short-tailed snakes Ocellated shield-tail...
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Phillips' earth snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka. The specific name, phillipsi, is...
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