List of uropeltid species and subspecies
This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae,[1] otherwise referred to as uropeltids, shield tail snakes or earth snakes. It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid.[2]
- Melanophidium
- Melanophidium bilineatum, two-lined black shield tail snake
- Melanophidium punctatum, Beddome's black shield tail snake
- Melanophidium wynaudense, Indian black earth snake
- Platyplectrurus
- Platyplectrurus madurensis, Travancore Hills thorntail snake
- Platyplectrurus trilineatus, tri-striped shield tail snake
- Plectrurus
- Plectrurus aureus, golden shield tail snake
- Plectrurus guentheri, Günther's burrowing snake
- Plectrurus perrotetii, Perrotet's shield tail snake
- Pseudoplectrurus
- Pseudoplectrurus canaricus, Karnataka burrowing snake
- Rhinophis
- Rhinophis blythii, Blyth's earth snake
- Rhinophis dorsimaculatus, polka-dot earth snake
- Rhinophis drummondhayi, Drummond-Hay's earth snake
- Rhinophis fergusonianus, Cardamom Hills earth snake
- Rhinophis homolepis, Trevelyan's earth snake
- Rhinophis oxyrynchus, Schneider's earth snake
- Rhinophis philippinus, Peter's earth snake
- Rhinophis porrectus, Willey's earth snake
- Rhinophis punctatus, Müller's earth snake
- Rhinophis saffragamus, large shield tail snake
- Rhinophis sanguineus, salty earth snake
- Rhinophis travancoricus, Travancore shield tail snake
- Rhinophis tricolorata
- Teretrurus
- Teretrurus hewstoni
- Teretrurus rhodogaster, Wall's shield tail snake
- Teretrurus sanguineus, purple-red earth snake
- Teretrurus travancoricus, Travancore earth snake
- Uropeltis
- Uropeltis arcticeps, Tinevelly shield tail snake
- Uropeltis beddomii, Beddom's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis broughami, Sirumallay's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis ceylanica, Cuvier's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis dindigalensis, Dindigul shield tail snake
- Uropeltis ellioti, Elliot's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis grandis, Smith's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis liura, Günther's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis macrolepis, Bombay shield tail snake
- Uropeltis macrorhyncha, Ponachi shield tail snake
- Uropeltis maculata, spotted shield tail snake
- Uropeltis melanogaster, Gray's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis myhendrae, barred shield tail snake
- Uropeltis nitida, Cochin shield tail snake
- Uropeltis ocellata, Nilgiri shield tail snake
- Uropeltis petersi, Peters' shield tail snake
- Uropeltis phillipsi, Phillips' shield tail snake
- Uropeltis phipsonii, Phipson's shield tail snake
- Uropeltis pulneyensis, Palni shiled tail snake
- Uropeltis rubrolineata, red-lined shield tail snake
- Uropeltis rubromaculata, red-spotted shield tail snake
- Uropeltis ruhunae
- Uropeltis woodmasoni, black-bellied shield tail snake
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| Family: | Müller, 1832 |
References
- "Uropeltidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A.; Touré, T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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