Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Uropeltidae Asia Taxonomy of the genus Melanophidium Biodiversity of the family Uropeltidae Bibliography of the genus Melanophidium (Black Shieldtails) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Melanophidium in general Gower, D.J.; Giri, V.; Captain, A.; Wilkinson, M. 2016. A reassessment of Melanophidium Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4085(4): 481-503. Melanophidium khairei Gower, D.J.; Giri, V.; Captain, A.; Wilkinson, M. 2016. A reassessment of Melanophidium Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4085(4): 481-503. Melanophidium punctatum Ghate, H.V.; Yazdani, G.M. 1991. First record of the pied-belly uropelt Melanophidium punctatum Beddome (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Maharashtra. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 87(3) [1990]: 463.