List of uropeltid species and subspecies

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Uropeltidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Infraorder: Alethinophidia Family: Uropeltidae Müller, 1832

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]

• Brachyophidium
  • Brachyophidium rhodogaster
• Melanophidium
  • Melanophidium bilineatum, Two-lined black shieldtail
  • Melanophidium punctatum, Beddome's black shiledtail
  • Melanophidium wynaudense, Indian black earth snake
• Platyplectrurus
  • Platyplectrurus madurensis
    • Platyplectrurus madurensis madurensis
    • Platyplectrurus madurensis ruhanae
  • Platyplectrurus trilineatus
• Plectrurus
  • Plectrurus aureus, Kerala shieldtail
  • Plectrurus canaricus, Kanara shieldtail
  • Plectrurus guentheri, Günther's burrowing snake
  • Plectrurus perrotetii, Perrotet's shiledtail snake
• Pseudotyphlops, Large shield snake
  • Pseudotyphlops philippinus, Large shield 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 sanguineus, Salty earth snake
  • Rhinophis travancoricus, Travancore shieldtail
  • Rhinophis tricolorata
• Teretrurus
  • 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 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 smithi, Smith's shieldtail
  • Uropeltis woodmasoni, Black-bellied shieldtail

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