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UROPELTIDAE
This family of snakes is very special as they are very much restricted in distribution. Most of the members are known to occur in the Western ghats, and some also extend their range upto Eastern ghats and even Sri Lanka. They are so called because of their rough, blunt tails, which is a characteristic feature of one of the genus. These snakes are small, slender burrowing forms which prefer evergreen and montane forests at higher elevation. They are nocturnal and feed on small insects and worms. Shiedtail snakes are viviparous and produce live young. The following species are found in Southern India.
Melanophidium bilineatum BEDDOME, 1870
Melanophidium punctatum BEDDOME, 1871
Melanophidium wynaudense BEDDOME, 1863
Platyplectrurus madurensis BEDDOME, 1877
Platyplectrurus trilineatus BEDDOME, 1867
Teretrurus sanguineus (BEDDOME, 1867)
Brachiophidium rhodogastor WALL, 1921
Plectrurus aureus BEDDOME, 1880
Plectrurus canaricus BEDDOME, 1870
Plectrurus guentheri BEDDOME, 1863
Plectrurus perrotetii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1854
Uropeltis ellioti (GRAY, 1858) Uropeltis nitida (BEDDOME, 1878)
Uropeltis ocellata (BEDDOME, 1863)
Uropeltis dindighalensis (BEDDOME, 1877)
Uropeltis beddomii (GÜNTHER, 1862)
Uropeltis macrorhyncha (BEDDOME, 1877)
Uropeltis woodmasoni (THEOBALD, 1876)
Uropeltis ceylanica (CUVIER, 1829)
Uropeltis arcticeps (GÜNTHER, 1875)
Uropeltis rubromaculata (BEDDOME, 1867)
Uropeltis rubrolineatus (GÜNTHER, 1875)
Uropeltis phipsoni (MASON, 1888)
Uropeltis myhendrae (BEDDOME, 1886)
Uropeltis broughami (BEDDOME, 1878)
Uropeltis maculata (BEDDOME, 1878)
Uropeltis petersi (BEDDOME, 1878)
Uropeltis liura (GÜNTHER, 1875)
Uropeltis pulneyensis (BEDDOME, 1863)
Uropeltis smithi (BEDDOME, 1867)
Rhinophis sanguineus BEDDOME, 1863
Rhinophis fergusonianus BOULENGER, 1896
Rhinophis travancoricus BOULENGER, 1892
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