Short-tail Snakes (Uropeltidae)

Short-tail Snakes
Uropeltidae

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Total Observations	82
Total Observers	15
Current Year	13
Total Countries	2
Mobile App Entries	37
Browser Entries	32
Imported Records	4
Deceased	21

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Most Recent Records
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	Khaire's Black Earth Snake Melanophidium khairei HM 490251
	Black & White Shieldtail Snake Rhinophis melanoleucus HM 487243
	Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense HM 483280
	Rhinocerps Earth Snakes Rhinophis HM 480344
	Phipson's Shieldtail Uropeltis phipsonii HM 477897
	Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense HM 476014
	Ceylon Earth Snake Uropeltis ceylanica HM 475776
	Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense HM 475773
	Red-spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis rubromaculata HM 475766
	Karinthandan's Shieldtail Snake Rhinophis karinthandani HM 453757

Most Observed By
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	Yatin Kalki 27 records
	Chaitanya Shukla 19 records
	Harikrishnan S 14 records
	Vikas Kumar 4 records
	Paul Freed 3 records
	John Burris 2 records
	Wolfgang Wüster 1 records
	Mike Pingleton 1 records
	Lawrence Erickson 1 records
	Michał Szkudlarek 1 records

Child Taxa

Taxon	Name	Rank	Author	Year
Melanophidium	Black Earth Snakes	genus	Günther	1864
Platyplectrurus	Thorntail Snakes	genus	Günther	1868
Plectrurus	African Burrowing Snakes	genus	Duméril	1851
Pseudoplectrurus	Karnataka Burrowing Snake	genus	Boulenger	1890
Rhinophis	Rhinocerps Earth Snakes	genus	Hemprich	1820
Teretrurus	Purple-red Earth Snake	genus	Beddome	1886
Uropeltis	Indian Earth Snakes	genus	Beddome	1886