Karnataka Burrowing Snake

The Karnataka burrowing snake is a snake of the family Uropeltidae endemic to India, found in southern India. Adults may attain a total length of 43 cm. The back is brownish violet, each scale usually paler in the centre, with yellow lips, some yellow blotches on the front sides of the body, and in some specimens small yellow spots on the back (Wikipedia, general species account).

The underside of the tail is yellow, in some specimens with a black streak in the middle. The account used here gives no information on habitat or diet.