shield-tailed snakes

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• shield-tailed snake — /sheeld tayld / any of several burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, of the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka, having a tail that ends in a flat disk. Also called shieldtail /sheeld tayl /. * * * …   Universalium

• shield-tailed snake — /sheeld tayld / any of several burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, of the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka, having a tail that ends in a flat disk. Also called shieldtail /sheeld tayl / …   Useful english dictionary

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• Pipe snake — may refer to:Snakes: * Aniliidae, a.k.a. the false coral snakes, a family of harmless snakes found in South America. * Cylindrophiidae, a.k.a. Asian pipe snakes, a family of harmless snakes found in Asia. * Uropeltidae, a.k.a. shield tailed… …   Wikipedia