Rhinophis travancoricus

The Travancore shieldtail, or Tamil Nadu earth snake, is a snake of the family Uropeltidae endemic to India, found in southern India at Travancore, Trivandrum, Peermade and Ernakulam. It is dark purplish brown, with scales on the sides and belly edged with whitish and a yellow underside to the tail (Wikipedia, general species account).

The back scales are in 17 rows at midbody and 19 behind the head, the snout is acutely pointed, and the belly scales are about one and a half times the size of the neighbouring ones. The account used here gives no information on size, habitat or diet.