earth snake) Uropeltis macrorhyncha (Anaimalai earth snake) Uropeltis maculata (spotted earth snake) Uropeltis myhendrae (Boulenger's earth snake) Uropeltis nitida (southern earth snake) Uropeltis ocellata (Nilgiri shieldtail) Uropeltis petersi (Peter's shieldtail) Uropeltis pulneyensis (Palni shieldtail / പഴനിപ്പാമ്പ്) Uropeltis rubrolineata (red-lined shieldtail / കുങ്കുമവരയൻ പാമ്പ്) Uropeltis rubromaculata/rubromaculatus (red-spotted shieldtail / കുങ്കുമപ്പൊട്ടൻ പാമ്പ്) Uropeltis woodmasoni (Wood-Mason's earth snake / കരടിയിരുതലയൻ പാമ്പ്) Family: Viperidae (vipers) Genus: Daboia Daboia russelii (Russell's viper / അണലി) Genus: Echis Echis carinatus (saw-scaled viper / ചുരുട്ടമണ്ഡലി) Genus: Hypnale Hypnale hypnale (hump-nosed viper / മുഴമൂക്കൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി) Genus: Trimeresurus Trimeresurus gramineus (bamboo pit viper / മുളമണ്ഡലി) Trimeresurus macrolepis (large-scaled pit viper / ചട്ടിത്തലയൻ കുഴിമണ്ഡലി) Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar pit viper / ചോലമണ്ഡലി) Trimeresurus strigatus (horseshoe pit viper / ലാടമണ്ഡലി) Family: Xenodermatidae (narrow-headed snakes) Genus: Xylophis Xylophis captaini (Captain's wood snake / കുഞ്ഞിത്തലയൻ പാമ്പ്) Xylophis perroteti (Perrotet's mountain snake) Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake / ഒരക്കുള്ളൻ പാമ്പ്) See also Wildlife of Kerala List of Odonata of Kerala List of butterflies of Kerala List of amphibians of Kerala List of birds of Kerala List of mammals of Kerala References Palot, M. J. (2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (13): 8010–8022 Indian snake checklist Daniel, J. C.(2002). The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. External links Reptile database Herpetology in South Asia Reptiles Reptiles Kerala