Uropeltis

Uropeltis
Ceylon earth snake, U. ceylanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Uropeltidae
Genus:	Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
Uropeltis - Cuvier, 1829 Coloburus - A.H.A. Duméril In A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 Siloboura - Gray, 1858 Crealia - Gray, 1858 Silybura - Peters, 1861[1]

Common names: (none).

Uropeltis is a genus of non-venomous shield tail snakes found in southern India and Sri Lanka. Currently, 23 species are recognized.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in southern India and Sri Lanka.^[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
U. arcticeps	(Günther, 1875)	Tinevelly shieldtail
U. beddomii	(Günther, 1862)	Beddom's shieldtail
U. broughami	(Beddome, 1878)	Sirumallay's shieldtail	South India (Palni and Sirumalai Hills, Madura district; Nilgiris)
U. ceylanicaT	Cuvier, 1829	Cuvier's shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats (Kerala) from Castle Rock to Travancore (Anaimalai Hills), in the Eastern Ghats in the Shevaroy Hills, and in the southern Ghats from Kunjithanni (Idikki District) to Trivandrum.
U. dindigalensis	(Beddome, 1877)	Dindigul shieldtail
U. ellioti	(Gray, 1858)	Elliot's shieldtail
U. liura	(Günther, 1875)	Günther's shieldtail
U. macrolepis	(Peters, 1862)	Bonbay shieldtail
U. macrorhyncha	(Beddome, 1877)	Ponachi shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Anaimalai Hills, Madura District.
U. maculata	(Beddome, 1878)	Spotted shieldtail
U. melanogaster	(Gray, 1858)	Gray's shieldtail
U. myhendrae	(Beddome, 1886)	Barred shieldtail
U. nitida	(Beddome, 1878)	Cochin shiedtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats on the Cochin side of the Anaimalai Hills.
U. ocellata	(Beddome, 1863)	Nilgiri shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats: south of the Goa Gap, Anaimalai, Cardomom (southern Kerala), Munnar Hills, Nilgiri Hills and Trivandrum.
U. petersi	(Beddome, 1878)	Peters shieldtail
U. phillipsi	(Nicholls, 1929)	Phillips shieldtail
U. phipsonii	(Mason, 1888)	Phipsons shieldtail
U. pulneyensis	(Beddome, 1863)	Palni shiledtail
U. rubrolineata	(Günther, 1875)	Red-lined shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats: south of the Palghat to Bhimshankar and in the Anaimalai and Travancore Hills.
U. rubromaculata	(Beddome, 1867)	Red-spotted shieldtail	Southern India in the Western Ghats: Anaimalai Hills and Nilgiri Hills between 1,200 and 1,500 m elevation.
U. ruhunae	Deraniyagala, 1954
U. smithi	Gans, 1966	Smith's shieldtail, violet shieldtail
U. woodmasoni	(Theobald, 1876)	Palni shieldtail, black-bellied shieldtail

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type species.^[1]

See also

• List of uropeltid species and subspecies
• Uropeltidae by common name
• Uropeltidae by taxonomic synonyms

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, 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).
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Uropeltis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634406. Retrieved 1 September 2007. 

Further reading

• Captain A. 2003. Checklist of Indian Snakes with English Common Names. PDF at the University of Texas at Austin. Accessed 2 September 2007.

External links

• Uropeltis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 September 2007.
• Genus Uropeltis at Systema Naturae 2000. Accessed 2 September 2007.