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    Common name: Black shield-tail snakes Melanophidium is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes endemic to the Western Ghats of India. These species...
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    Melanophidium bilineatum, commonly known as the two-lined black shield-tail snake or iridescent shield-tail snake, is a species of snake endemic to India...
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    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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  • Melanophidium punctatum, commonly known as Beddome's black shield-tail snake or Beddome's black earth snake, is a species of shield-tail snake endemic...
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    Melanophidium khairei or Khaire's black shield-tail snake is a species of burrowing snake of the family Uropeltidae, endemic to India. The species was...
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  • McDiarmid. Melanophidium Melanophidium bilineatum, two-lined black shield-tail snake Melanophidium khairei, Khaire's black shield-tail snake Melanophidium punctatum...
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  • Genus Taxon author Species Common name Geographic range Melanophidium Günther, 1864 4 the Western Ghats, India Platyplectrurus Günther, 1868 2 the southern...
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  • Black Shieldtail Melanophidium bilineatum Beddome's Black Shieldtail Melanophidium punctatum Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense Travancore...
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    fringe-fingered lizard Indian sand-swimmer Carrot-tail viper gecko Melanophidium bilineatum Houbara bustard Spot-billed pelican Dalmatian pelican Bonelli's...
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    crocodile. The more common of the numerous snakes are pipe snakes (Melanophidium, Plectrurus, Rhinophis, Uropeltis), sea snakes, Elapids (king cobra...
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