Uropeltis
Common names: shield-tail snakes, shield-tailed snakes, earth snakes.
Uropeltis is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes endemic to Peninsular India. As of 2022, 26 species are recognized as being valid.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Bombay Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis macrolepis
Phipson's Shieldtail
speciesUropeltis phipsonii
Elliot's Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis ellioti
Kerala Shieldtail
speciesUropeltis ceylanica
Nilgiri Uropeltis
speciesUropeltis ocellata
Uropeltis jerdoni
speciesUropeltis jerdoni
Boulenger's Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis myhendrae
Shevaroy Hills earth snake
speciesUropeltis shorttii
Tailspot Uropeltis
speciesUropeltis caudomaculata
Spotted Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis maculata
Bicatenate Uropeltis
speciesUropeltis bicatenata
Indian Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis pulneyensis
Bhupathy’s shieldtail
speciesUropeltis bhupathyi
Red-spotted Shieldtail
speciesUropeltis rubromaculata
Madurai Shieldtail
speciesUropeltis madurensis
Sirumalai Hills Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis dindigalensis
Shieldtail Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis petersi
Beddome's Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis beddomii
Palni Uropeltis
speciesUropeltis woodmasoni
Gunther's Shieldtail
speciesUropeltis arcticeps
Red-lined Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis rubrolineata
Smith's Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis grandis
Günther's Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis liura
Brougham's Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis broughami
Southern Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis nitida
Uropeltis rajendrani
speciesUropeltis rajendrani
Uropeltis tricuspida
speciesUropeltis tricuspida
Anamally Earth Snake
speciesUropeltis macrorhyncha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32350.