Willey's Earth Snake

Willey's earth snake is a burrowing uropeltid endemic to Sri Lanka. The Latin name porrectus means stretched and refers to the high number of ventral scales, 281 in the described specimen. The common name honours a Dr Willey, who collected the holotype in 1903. The head is blackish-brown with a dull orange snout tip, and a narrow blackish-brown stripe runs from nape to vent with a wider whitish stripe on either side (Wikipedia, general species account).

The body is very elongate, the head very small, and the tail shield dull orange with a dark band. The described specimen measured 35.5 cm. Nationally Data Deficient (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).