Melanophidium
Common name: Black shield-tail snakes
Melanophidium is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes endemic to the Western Ghats of India. These species are identifiable by having a mental groove in their chin shields. Currently, four species are recognized, including one newly described species.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Indian Black Earth Snake
speciesMelanophidium wynaudense
Khaire's black earth snake
speciesMelanophidium khairei
Beddome's Black Earth Snake
speciesMelanophidium punctatum
Two-lined Black Earth Snake
speciesMelanophidium bilineatum
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 32400.