List of uropeltid species and subspecies
| Uropeltidae | |
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| Ceylon earth snake, Uropeltis ceylanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Reptilia
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| Order: | |
| Suborder: | Serpentes
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| Infraorder: | |
| Family: | Müller, 1832
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This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae,[1] otherwise referred to as shield-tailed snakes or uropeltids. It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, which is based on the continuing work of Dr. Roy McDiarmid.[2]
- Melanophidium
- Melanophidium bilineatum, Two-lined black shieldtail
- Melanophidium punctatum, Beddome's black shiledtail
- Melanophidium wynaudense, Indian black earth snake
- Platyplectrurus
- Plectrurus
- Plectrurus aureus, Kerala shieldtail
- Plectrurus guentheri, Günther's burrowing snake
- Plectrurus perrotetii, Perrotet's shiledtail snake
- Pseudoplectrurus
- Pseudoplectrurus canaricus, Karnataka burrowing snake
- Rhinophis
- Rhinophis blythii, Blyth's earth snake
- Rhinophis dorsimaculatus
- Rhinophis drummondhayi, Drummond-Hay's earth snake
- Rhinophis fergusonianus, Cardamom Hills earth snake
- Rhinophis homolepis
- Rhinophis oxyrynchus, Schneider's earth snake
- Rhinophis philippinus, Peter's earth snake
- Rhinophis porrectus, Willey's earth snake
- Rhinophis punctatus, Müller's earth snake
- Rhinophis saffragamus, Large shieldtail snake
- Rhinophis sanguineus, Salty earth snake
- Rhinophis travancoricus, Travancore shieldtail
- Rhinophis tricolorata
- Teretrurus
- Teretrurus rhodogaster
- Teretrurus sanguineus, purple-red earth snake
- Uropeltis
- Uropeltis arcticeps, Tinevelly shieldtail
- Uropeltis beddomii, Beddom's shieldtail
- Uropeltis broughami, Sirumallay's shieldtail
- Uropeltis ceylanica, Cuvier's shieldtail
- Uropeltis dindigalensis, Dindigul shieldtail
- Uropeltis ellioti, Elliot's shieldtail
- Uropeltis grandis, Smith's shieldtail
- Uropeltis liura, Günther's shieldtail
- Uropeltis macrolepis, Bonbay shieldtail
- Uropeltis macrorhyncha, Ponachi shieldtail
- Uropeltis maculata, Spotted shieldtail
- Uropeltis melanogaster, Gray's shieldtail
- Uropeltis myhendrae, Barred shieldtail
- Uropeltis nitida, Cochin shiedtail
- Uropeltis ocellata, Nilgiri shieldtail
- Uropeltis petersi, Peters shieldtail
- Uropeltis phillipsi, Phillips shieldtail
- Uropeltis phipsonii, Phipsons shieldtail
- Uropeltis pulneyensis, Palni shiledtail
- Uropeltis rubrolineata, Red-lined shieldtail
- Uropeltis rubromaculata, Red-spotted shieldtail
- Uropeltis ruhunae
- Uropeltis woodmasoni, Black-bellied shieldtail
References[]
- ^ "Uropeltidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, 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).
Categories:
- Uropeltidae
- Lists of animal species
- Taxonomic lists (subspecies)