Blyth's Earth Snake

Blyth's earth snake is a burrowing uropeltid endemic to the rain forests and grasslands of Sri Lanka, named for the zoologist Edward Blyth, curator of the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. It is dark brown above and below, with vertical yellow spots or a wavy or zigzag stripe along the sides of the front half of the body, and a yellow ring around the base of the tail. Adults may reach 37 cm in total length (Wikipedia, general species account).

The snout is acutely pointed and the tail ends in a large convex, rugose shield, with some of the last dorsal scales of the tail weakly keeled. Nationally Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).