• The Uropeltidae, also commonly known as shield-tail snakes, shield-tailed snakes or earth snakes, are a family of primitive, nonvenomous, burrowing snakes...
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  • Achyuthan, N.S. (2021). "A new species of shieldtail snake (Squamata: Uropeltidae: Uropeltis) from the Bengaluru uplands, India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened...
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    Family Pythonidae – pythons Family Tropidophiidae – dwarf boas Family Uropeltidae – pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes Family Viperidae – vipers, pitvipers...
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  • 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...
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    northwestern South America, as well as in northwestern and southeastern Brazil. Uropeltidae Müller, 1832 8 55 Shield-tailed snakes Southern India and Sri Lanka....
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    (Cylindrophiidae – Asian pipe snakes, Anomochilidae – dwarf pipe snakes, and Uropeltidae – shield-tailed snakes and short-tailed snakes), three families now considered...
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    found in the Western Ghats. The major population of the snake family Uropeltidae is restricted to the region. Several endemic reptile genera and species...
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  • 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...
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    bengalensis, Calotes calotes, and rare, non venomous snake of the family Uropeltidae including the recently discovered Uropeltis rajendrani, Rhinophis goweri...
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  • 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...
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