- Source: 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
