Conservationists in the state are excited.A comprehensive study of the shield-tailed snake, an unusual reptile that delivers young ones unlike most snakes which lay eggs, has been completed after ...

Both snakes are non-venomous primitive burrowing snakes that live underground in loose soil and are commonly referred to as Shield-tailed snakes because of the keratinous shield at the end of their ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of a shield-tail snake in the Meghamalai-Munnar landscape of the Western Ghats. The new species is Uropeltis caudomaculata, named in reference to the ...

At least 10 snakes are rescued in Bangalore every day. But what made Friday different was that wildlife sleuths were looking at a rare shield-tailed snake that surfaces once a year in the city.

A new burrowing snake was added to the list of species endemic to Sri Lanka when International Day of Biological Diversity was marked on Monday, strengthening the country’s image as a biodiversity ...

A few decades ago, if a shield-tailed snake wanted to cross over to the other side of the forest during the rains, he would simply slither across when he knew it was time, and he would be safe.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a 2012 petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to list the short-tailed snake as threatened under ...