List of uropeltid species and subspecies explained

This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae, 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.^[1]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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. (series). (volume).