uropeltis

Updated: May 29, 2025

One of these, the Uropeltis grandis of Kelaart , is distinguished by its dark brown colour, shot with a bluish metallic lustre, closely approaching the ordinary shade of the cobra; and the tail is abruptly and flatly compressed as though it had been severed by a knife.

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon