Genus Uropeltis
(Indian earth snakes)

Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Lepidosauria (amphisbaenians, lizards, snakes, and tuataras)
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  Order Squamata (amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Scleroglossa (geckos, amphisbaenians, skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Suborder Autarchoglossa (skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Infraorder Anguimorpha
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  Superfamily Varanoidea (monitor lizards, earless monitor lizards, gila lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Serpentes (snakes)
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  Superfamily Henophidia (boas, pythons, and relatives)
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  Family Uropeltidae (shield-tailed snakes and short-tail snakes)
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  Genus Uropeltis (Indian earth snakes)
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  Species Uropeltis arcticeps
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  Species Uropeltis beddomii
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  Species Uropeltis broughami
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  Species Uropeltis ceylanicus
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  Species Uropeltis dindigalensis
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  Species Uropeltis ellioti
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  Species Uropeltis liura
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  Species Uropeltis macrolepis
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  Species Uropeltis macrorhynchus
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  Species Uropeltis maculatus
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  Species Uropeltis melanogaster
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  Species Uropeltis myhendrae
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  Species Uropeltis nitidus
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  Species Uropeltis ocellatus
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  Species Uropeltis petersi
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  Species Uropeltis phillipsi
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  Species Uropeltis phipsonii
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  Species Uropeltis pulneyensis
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  Species Uropeltis rubrolineatus
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  Species Uropeltis rubromaculatus
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  Species Uropeltis ruhunae
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  Species Uropeltis smithi
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  Species Uropeltis woodmasoni