Indian Black Earth Snake
Melanophidium wynaudense
Melanophidium wynaudense, commonly known as the Indian black earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India.
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Description
Beddome (1864: 180) described M. wynaudense as follows: "Scales round the body 15, round the neck 16 or 17; rostral scarcely produced back between the nasals; no supraorbital; muzzle more obtuse than in P. perrotteti; eye small; subcaudals 11 pairs; anal large, bifid; tail compressed; scales smooth, terminal spinose, tail ending in a single horny point. Colour bluish black, with broad white blotches on the belly, which become larger and more numerous towards the tail; tail uniform bluish black."
Range & habitat
M. wynaudense is found in the Western Ghats of southern India. Type locality: "Cherambady in the Wynaud [= Wayanad]".
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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