Uropeltis
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Uropeltis is a genus of snakes, often generally called "Shieldtail snakes" (family Uropeltidae) or "Indian Earth snakes." These snakes are found in south central Asia. Many species of this genus have also been classified under genus Silybura.
Species of Uropeltis
- U. arcticeps, Tinevelly Uropeltis (Günther, 1875).
- U. beddomii, Beddom's Uropeltis (Günther, 1862).
- U. broughami, Sirumallay's Uropeltis (Beddome, 1878.
- U. ceylanica, Cuvier's Uropeltis, Ceylon Earth Snake, Kerala Shieldtail (Cuvier, 1829).
- U. dindigalensis, Dindigul Uropeltis (Beddome, 1877).
- U. ellioti, Elliot's Uropeltis (Gray, 1858).
- U. liura Günther's Earth Snake (Günther, 1875).
- U. macrolepis Bombay Earth Snake (Peters, 1862).
- U. macrorhyncha, Ponachi Uropeltis (Beddome, 1877).
- U. maculata (Beddome, 1878).
- U. melanogaster, Gray's Earth Snake (Gray, 1858).
- U. myhendrae, Myhendra Mountain Uropeltis, Barred Shieldtail (Beddome, 1886).
- U. nitida Cochin Shieldtail (Beddome, 1878).
- U. ocellata, Nilgiri Uropeltis (Beddome, 1863).
- U. petersi, Shieldtail Earth Snake, Peters Shieldtail (Beddome, 1878).
- U. phillipsi (Nicholls, 1929).
- U. phipsonii, Phipsons Shieldtail (Mason, 1888).
- U. pulneyensis, Palni Shieldtail (Beddome, 1863).
- U. rubrolineata, Red-lined Shieldtail, Travancore Uropeltis (Günther, 1875).
- U. rubromaculata, Red-spotted Shieldtail (Beddome, 1867).
- U. ruhunae (Deraniyagala, 1954).
- U. smithi, Smith's Earth Snake, Violet Shieldtail (Gans, 1966).
- U. woodmasoni, Palni Uropeltis, Black-bellied Shieldtail (Theobald, 1876).
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