This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae,[1] 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.[2]
- 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 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
References edit
- ^ "Uropeltidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
- ^ 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. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).