The Uropeltidae, also commonly known as shield-tail snakes, shield-tailed snakes or earth snakes, are a family of primitive, nonvenomous, burrowing snakes... 10 KB (1,047 words) - 00:25, 16 October 2023 |
 | Uropeltidae ... 150 KB (15,043 words) - 02:22, 27 April 2024 |
This is a list of reptiles of Sri Lanka. The reptilian diversity in Sri Lanka is higher than the diversity of other vertebrates such as mammals and fish... 35 KB (830 words) - 15:09, 5 February 2024 |
Achyuthan, N.S. (2021). "A new species of shieldtail snake (Squamata: Uropeltidae: Uropeltis) from the Bengaluru uplands, India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened... 12 KB (1,212 words) - 12:13, 26 February 2024 |
 | bengalensis, Calotes calotes, and rare, non venomous snake of the family Uropeltidae including the recently discovered Uropeltis rajendrani, Rhinophis goweri... 11 KB (1,074 words) - 16:46, 10 March 2024 |
 | (Cylindrophiidae – Asian pipe snakes, Anomochilidae – dwarf pipe snakes, and Uropeltidae – shield-tailed snakes and short-tailed snakes), three families now considered... 5 KB (462 words) - 01:32, 3 January 2024 |
 | Family Pythonidae – pythons Family Tropidophiidae – dwarf boas Family Uropeltidae – pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes Family Viperidae – vipers, pitvipers... 7 KB (552 words) - 22:00, 30 March 2024 |
 | I., Containing the Families Typhlopidæ, Glauconiidæ, Boidæ, Ilysiidæ, Uropeltidæ, Xenopeltidæ, and Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British... 6 KB (686 words) - 12:32, 24 November 2022 |
shieldtail or Roshan Perera's rhinophis, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was first described from three... 3 KB (201 words) - 23:34, 16 January 2023 |
 | found in the Western Ghats. The major population of the snake family Uropeltidae is restricted to the region. Several endemic reptile genera and species... 47 KB (4,749 words) - 05:14, 28 April 2024 |
 | Uropeltidae... 60 KB (3,658 words) - 05:08, 27 April 2024 |
or the zigzag shield-tail snake is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species... 878 bytes (75 words) - 01:52, 9 September 2023 |
Peter's Philippine earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Brown dorsally and ventrally, each scale... 4 KB (386 words) - 07:21, 5 March 2021 |
porrectus, or Willey's earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The specific name, porrectus, is Latin for... 2 KB (278 words) - 07:21, 5 March 2021 |
 | is a recently described, little-known species of snake of the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu in South India. Rhinophis... 4 KB (407 words) - 04:11, 26 February 2023 |
Brongersma, 1951 Dwarf boas Dusky dwarf boa (Tropidophis melanurus) Uropeltidae Müller, 1832 Shield-tailed snakes, short-tailed snakes Ocellated shield-tail... 5 KB (163 words) - 15:48, 12 March 2022 |
 | (Lacertidae), Pelamis Daudin 1803 (Hydrophiidae) and Uropeltis Cuvier 1829 (Uropeltidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13 (2): 327–329. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531139... 31 KB (3,520 words) - 00:04, 15 April 2024 |
a.k.a. Asian pipe snakes, a family of harmless snakes found in Asia. Uropeltidae, a.k.a. shield-tailed snakes, a family of harmless snakes found in southern... 498 bytes (99 words) - 13:47, 24 September 2019 |
 | snakes, are a superfamily of snakes that contains uropeltids (family Uropeltidae) and Asian pipesnakes (families Cylindrophiidae and Anomochilidae). As... 3 KB (292 words) - 04:29, 6 January 2024 |
 | British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Uropeltidæ... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. p. 143. The... 4 KB (563 words) - 07:57, 5 March 2021 |
 | Cylindrophiidae. Subsequently, it was moved to Aniliidae, before being placed in Uropeltidae by the American herpetologist Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. in 1975. In... 17 KB (1,545 words) - 05:07, 13 April 2024 |
 | saffragamus, the large shieldtail snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae, which is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. No subspecies are currently... 3 KB (157 words) - 22:39, 17 January 2024 |
Phillips' earth snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka. The specific name, phillipsi, is... 2 KB (208 words) - 14:24, 9 April 2021 |
 | Melanophidium wynaudense (category Uropeltidae) as the Indian black earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to India. M. wynaudense is found in the Western... 4 KB (426 words) - 19:34, 16 December 2021 |
commonly known as the polka-dot earth snake, is a species of snake in the Uropeltidae family. It is endemic to the scrub jungles of Sri Lanka. Rhinophis dorsimaculatus... 1 KB (87 words) - 18:51, 29 May 2021 |
 | blythii, or Blyth's earth snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. The species is endemic to the rain forests and grasslands of Sri Lanka... 5 KB (567 words) - 22:30, 16 January 2024 |
 | rich reptile fauna. Earless monitor lizards, snakes of the families Uropeltidae, Acrochordidae and Xenopeltidae and gavials are endemic to Asia. The... 19 KB (2,188 words) - 02:34, 2 November 2023 |
Rhinophis punctatus, or Müller's earth snake, is a species of snake in the Uropeltidae family. It is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. Yellowish dorsally... 2 KB (184 words) - 07:21, 5 March 2021 |
 | Xenopeltidae Bonaparte, 1845—sunbeam snakes Superfamily Uropeltoidea Family: Uropeltidae Müller, 1832—shield-tailed snakes Family: Cylindrophiidae Fitzinger,... 11 KB (1,043 words) - 20:30, 15 March 2024 |
Rhinophis tricoloratus is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Rhinophis tricoloratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile... 1 KB (74 words) - 18:52, 29 May 2021 |