List of uropeltid species and subspecies

This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the family Uropeltidae, 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.


 * 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 madurensis madurensis
 * Platyplectrurus madurensis ruhanae
 * 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