Uropeltis dindigalensis

The Dindigul uropeltis, or Sirumalai Hills earth snake, is a snake of the family Uropeltidae endemic to Sirumalai and surrounding hill ranges of the southern Eastern Ghats in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu. It occurs in high-elevation wet forests, over 900 m above sea level (Wikipedia, general species account).

The back is yellowish with small dark brown spots, the yellow scales dark-edged, with a yellow streak on the lip scales that continues along each side of the neck. The belly is dark brown with yellow spots or short crossbars. It is a burrowing, nocturnal, slow-moving snake known to feed on earthworms.