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Common name:
Black shield-tail
snakes Melanophidium is a
genus of
nonvenomous shield-tail
snakes endemic to the
Western Ghats of India.
These species...
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Melanophidium bilineatum,
commonly known as the two-lined
black shield-tail
snake or
iridescent shield-tail snake, is a
species of
snake endemic to India...
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Melanophidium khairei or Khaire's
black shield-tail
snake is a
species of
burrowing snake of the
family Uropeltidae,
endemic to India. The
species was...
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Melanophidium wynaudense,
commonly known as the
Indian black earth snake, is a
species of
snake in the
family Uropeltidae. The
species is
endemic to India...
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Melanophidium punctatum,
commonly known as Beddome's
black shield-tail
snake or Beddome's
black earth snake, is a
species of shield-tail
snake endemic...
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Genus Taxon author Species Common name
Geographic range Melanophidium Günther, 1864 4 the
Western Ghats,
India Platyplectrurus Günther, 1868 2 the southern...
- fringe-fingered
lizard Indian sand-swimmer Carrot-tail
viper gecko Melanophidium bilineatum Houbara bustard Spot-billed
pelican Dalmatian pelican Bonelli's...
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Black Shieldtail Melanophidium bilineatum Beddome's
Black Shieldtail Melanophidium punctatum Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense Travancore...
- McDiarmid.
Melanophidium Melanophidium bilineatum, two-lined
black shield-tail
snake Melanophidium khairei, Khaire's
black shield-tail
snake Melanophidium punctatum...
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eight endemic reptile genera encomp****ing Brachyophidium, Dravidogecko,
Melanophidium, Plectrurus, Ristella, Salea,
Teretrurus and
Xylophis with 90 species...
