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ORDER SQUAMATA

I. Family Typhlopidae (worm snakes)

Brahminy Worm Snakez

കുരുടൻപാമ്പ്

Indotyphlops braminus

Beaked Worm Snake (Beaked Blind Snake)z

കൊക്കുരുട്ടിപാമ്പ്

Grypotyphlops acutus

II. Family Gerrhopilidae (worm snakes)

Thurston's Worm Snakez

അമ്മിഞ്ഞിക്കുടിയൻപാമ്പ്

Gerrhopilus thurstoni

Tindall's Worm Snakez

തിണ്ടൽകുരുടിപാമ്പ്

Gerrhopilus tindallii

Beddome's Worm Snake

ബെട്ഡോമീകുരുടിപാമ്പ്

Gerrhopilus beddomii

III. Family Uropeltidae (shieldtails)

Pied-belly Shieldtail (Beddome's Black Earth Snake)z

മെലിവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Melanophidium punctatum

Yellow-striped Shieldtail (Two-lined Black Earth Snake)z

ഇരുവരയൻപാമ്പ്

Melanophidium bilineatum

Wynad Shieldtail (Indian Black Earth Snake)z

കാടൻ മെലിവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Melanophidium wynaudense

Three-lined Shieldtail (Lined Thorntail Snake)z

വരയൻ മെലിവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Platyplectrurus trilineatus

Three-lined Shieldtailz

തവിട്ട് മെലിവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Platyplectrurus madurensis

Western Shieldtail (Purple-Red Earth Snake)z

ചെമ്മെലിവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Teretrurus sanguineus

Wall's Shieldtail

ചെംവയറൻപാമ്പ്

Teretrurus rhodogaster

Golden Shieldtail (Kerala Burrowing Snake)z

ചെമ്പ്രകുന്നൻപാമ്പ്

Plectrurus aureus

Purple Shieldtail (Gunther's Burrowing Snake)z

പാണ്ടൻമുൾവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Plectrurus guentheri

Perrotet’s Shieldtail (Nilgiri Burrowing Snake)z

മുള്ളുവാലൻപാമ്പ്

Plectrurus perroteti

Elliot’s Shieldtail (Elliot's Earth Snake)z

ചെംവലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis ellioti

Cochin Shieldtail (Southern Earth Snake)z

കരിന്തലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis nitida

Nilgiri Shieldtail (Ocellated Shieldtail)z

ഇരുതലയൻമുൾവാലൻ

Uropeltis ocellata

Beddome’s Shieldtail (Beddome's Earth Snake)z

മണ്‍ചെറുതലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis beddomii

Anamalai Shieldtail (Anamalai Earth Snake)

ഒരിരുതലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis macrorhyncha

Black-bellied Shieldtail (Woodmason's Earth Snake)

കരടിയിരുതലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis woodmasoni

Kerala Shieldtail (Ceylon Earth Snake)z

ലങ്കിയിരുതലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis ceylanicus

Periyar Shieldtail (Thirunelveli Earth Snake)z

കുഞ്ഞിയിരുതലയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis articeps

Red-spotted Shieldtail (Red-spotted Earth Snake)z

കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis rubromaculata

Red-lined Shieldtail (Red-lined Earth Snake)z

കുങ്കുമവരയൻപാമ്പ്

Uropeltis rubrolineata

Barred Shieldtail (Boulenger's Earth Snake)z