Cuvier's Earth Snake

Cuvier's earth snake, also called Peter's earth snake, is a burrowing uropeltid endemic to Sri Lanka. It is brown above and below, each scale with a lighter margin, and some specimens have a yellowish blotch near the head or at the anal region. The total length quoted is 27 cm. The snout is acutely pointed and the tail ends in a large convex, rugose shield that is neither truncated nor spined (Wikipedia, general species account).

Nationally Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).