Uropeltis macrorhyncha

The Anaimalai earth snake, also called the Ponachi shieldtail, is a non-venomous snake of the family Uropeltidae endemic to India, found in the Western Ghats in the Anaimalai Hills. Its preferred habitat is forest at about 1,200 m (Wikipedia, general species account).

The back is brown, with a yellow streak from the mouth along each side of the neck and a yellow streak on each side of the tail joined by a yellow crossbar across the vent. The belly is brown mixed with yellow.