Wildlifeof India
Rhinophis goweri
Shieldtails, Blind & Burrowing Snakes
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Rhinophis goweri
Basic stats
Diet
Earthworms (thought)
Habitat
Tropical wet forest on the higher slopes, above 900m; slow-moving, nocturnal, burrowing
Range
Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu: Bodamalai and Kolli Hills
Gower's shieldtail snake is a recently described, little-known snake of the family Uropeltidae, endemic to the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu in South India. Later surveys found it in the Kolli Hills in Namakkal district as well as the Bodamalai hills (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is slow-moving, nocturnal and lives underground, in the tropical wet forests covering the higher slopes of the hills, above 900 m. Like other uropeltid snakes it is thought to feed on earthworms.
Quick answers
- What does the Rhinophis goweri eat?
- Earthworms (thought)
- What habitat does the Rhinophis goweri live in?
- Tropical wet forest on the higher slopes, above 900m; slow-moving, nocturnal, burrowing
- Where is the Rhinophis goweri found?
- Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu: Bodamalai and Kolli Hills