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:'''''Common names:''' pipe snakes, shield-tailed snakes.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=209614|taxon=Uropeltidae|year=2007|date=17 August}}</ref>''
The '''Uropeltidae''' are a [[Family (biology)|family]] of primitive burrowing [[snake]]s found in southern [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]]. The name is derived from the Greek words ''ura'' ("tail") and ''pelte'' ("shield"), indicating the presence of the large keratinous shield at the tip of the tail. Currently, 8 [[genus|genera]] are recognized comprising 47 [[species]].<ref name="ITIS"/> These snakes are nonvenomous.<ref>Greene, H. W. and R. W. Mcdiarmid. 2005. Wallace and Savage: heroes, theories, and venomous snake mimicry. pp 190–208. Donnelly M. A., Crother B. I., Guyer C., Wake M. H., White M. E. (eds.). Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics, a Herpetological Perspective. Chicago University of Chicago Press.</ref>
==Description==
[[File:UropeltidTails.jpg|thumb|left|Tails of Uropeltidae]]
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