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Definition of shield-tailed snake

shield-tailed snake

Plural:shield-tailed snakes
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Any of various nonvenomous, burrowing snakes belonging to the family Uropeltidae, native to southern India and Sri Lanka, distinguished by an enlarged, flattened scale at the tip of the tail used to plug the entrance of their tunnels.

Example

"During the monsoon season in the Western Ghats, the researchers carefully excavated a shield-tailed snake from the damp forest soil."

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shielder
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shieldlike

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Shield-tailed snake. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/shield--tailed-snake
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