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Two-lined Black Earth Snake
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Two-lined Black Earth Snake

Melanophidium bilineatum

Melanophidium bilineatum, commonly known as the two-lined black shieldtail or iridescent shieldtail, is a species of snake endemic to India. This species was known from only from three specimens and very little information is available of it in the wild.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32403.