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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Belonging to the genus Melanophidium, the non-venomous snakes, also known as shield tail snakes, are endemic to the Western Ghats, says Hadlee, who led the herping team of five. The snake is ...