Uropeltis melanogaster
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| Uropeltis melanogaster (Gray, 1858) |
Gray's Earth Snake ( Uropeltis melanogaster ) (Gray, 1858) is a small snake in family Uropeltidae (shieldtail snakes), native to Sri Lanka. Its length is from 10 to 27 cm. This species and its relatives are generally called "earth snakes." Many have been classified previously with a different genus name, in this case Silybura melanogaster.
[edit] See also
- Genus Uropeltis.
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