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Definition of Shieldtail

Shieldtail
Shieldtail Shield"tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltid[ae], native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.

Meaning of Shieldtail from wikipedia

- Ceylon earth snake, Cuvier's shieldtail, Kerala shieldtail. Uropeltis ceylanica is a species of nonvenomous shieldtail snake in the family Uropeltidae...
- Sri Lanka Palni Shieldtail Snake Teretrurus rhodogaster Two-lined Black Shieldtail Melanophidium bilineatum Beddome's Black Shieldtail Melanophidium punctatum...
- shorttii, also known commonly as the Shevaroy Hills earth snake and Shortt's shieldtail snake, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Uropeltidae. The...
- Uropeltid Snakes. Madurai: Madurai University Press. Ganesh SR (2015). "Shieldtail snakes (Reptilia: Uropeltidae) – the Darwin's finches of south Indian...
- Uropeltidae Müller, 1832 Shield-tailed snakes, short-tailed snakes Cuvier's shieldtail (Uropeltis ceylanica) Viperidae Oppel, 1811 Vipers, pitvipers, rattlesnakes...
- Rhinophis goweri, also known as Gower's shieldtail snake, is a recently described, little-known species of snake of the family Uropeltidae. It is endemic...
- was named after the herpetologist Neelimkumar Khaire. "New Species of Shieldtail Snake Discovered in India". Sci-News. Retrieved 16 October 2017. "New...
- Plectrurus perrotetii, commonly known as the Nilgiri burrowing snake or Perrotet's shield-tail snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Uropeltidae...
- Common names: southern earth snake, Cochin shieldtail. Uropeltis nitida is a species of nonvenomous shieldtail snake (family Uropeltidae). The species is...
- Teretrurus rhodogaster is a species of nonvenomous shield tail snake, endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is known as Wall's shield-tail snake, the...