List of uropeltid species and subspecies

Taxobox
name = Uropeltidae


image_caption = Ceylon earth snake, "Uropeltis ceylanica"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
infraordo = Alethinophidia
familia = Uropeltidae
familia_authority = Müller, 1832

This is a list of all genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae,ITIS|ID=209614|taxon=Uropeltidae|year=2007|date=22 September] 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.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).]

* "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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