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Taxonomy of the family Uropeltidae
Bibliography of the genus Brachyophidium
Biodiversity of the family Uropeltidae








Genus
Brachyophidium

Red-bellied Shieldtail

Rotbauch-Schildschwänze

Rødbuget Skjoldhale

1921 Brachyophidium Wall (type species: Brachyophidium rhodogaster Wall 1921)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of Teretrurus by Sharma (2003).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Brachyophidium rhodogaster

Red-bellied Shieldtail, (Wall's Shieldtail)

Rotbauch-Schildschwänze

Rødbuget Skjoldhale

1921 Brachyophidium rhodogaster Wall
Teretrurus rhodogaster Smith 1943

Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).