List of uropeltid species and subspecies

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This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae,^[1] otherwise referred to as uropeltids, shield-tail snakes, shield-tailed 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 khairei , Khaire's 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 madurensis madurensis
  - Platyplectrurus madurensis ruhanae
- Platyplectrurus trilineatus , tri-striped shield-tail snake
Plectrurus
- Plectrurus aureus , Kerala burrowing snake
- Plectrurus guentheri , Günther's burrowing snake
- Plectrurus perrotetii , Nilgiri burrowing 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 phillipsi , Phillips' 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 tricoloratus
- Rhinophis zigzag , zigzag shield-tail snake
Teretrurus
- Teretrurus hewstoni
- Teretrurus rhodogaster , Wall's shield-tail snake
- Teretrurus sanguineus, purple-red earth snake
- Teretrurus travancoricus , Travancore earth snake
Uropeltis
- Uropeltis arcticeps , Madurai shield-tail snake
- Uropeltis beddomii , Beddom's earth snake
- Uropeltis broughami , Brougham's earth 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 earth snake
- Uropeltis liura , Ashambu shield-tail snake
- Uropeltis macrolepis , Bombay earth snake
- Uropeltis macrorhyncha , Anaimalai earth snake
- Uropeltis maculata , spotted earth snake
- Uropeltis melanogaster , Gray's earth snake
- Uropeltis myhendrae , Boulenger's earth snake
- Uropeltis nitida , southern earth snake
- Uropeltis ocellata , ocellated earth snake
- Uropeltis petersi , Peters' earth snake
- Uropeltis phipsonii , Phipson's earth snake
- Uropeltis pulneyensis , Indian earth snake
- Uropeltis rubrolineata , red-lined earth snake
- Uropeltis rubromaculata , red-spotted earth snake
- Uropeltis ruhunae
- Uropeltis woodmasoni , Wood-Mason's earth snake

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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[ITIS-1] "Uropeltidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 September 2007.

[McD99-2] 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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